Transforming Global Governance for the 21st Century

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Ngaire Woods

University of Oxford

Alexander Betts

University of Oxford

Jochen Prantl

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Devi Sridhar

University of Oxford

Date Written: July 8, 2013

Abstract

This paper examines the transformation of global governance triggered by the rise of the global South. Section 1 analyses the global governance of finance, the area in which emerging economies have been most open in challenging existing institutions. Section 2 assesses changes in the global governance of security. Power shifts have led to a diffusion of preferences and strategies that reflect a growing contestation of the patterns and understandings of collective action in the global security regime. Section 3 maps the global governance of health. Section 4 examines changes in the global governance of migration, given the significant growth in the number of migrants. Following from this analysis, the paper offers three principles that might guide thinking about transformation: pluralism, where national, regional and global governance systems work in concert; strengthened multilateral processes and the updating of existing international organizations; and stronger accountability to wider groups of governments and stakeholders.

Keywords: human development, developing countries, demographics, human development index, global South, HDI, development cooperation

Suggested Citation

Woods, Ngaire and Betts, Alexander and Prantl, Jochen and Sridhar, Devi, Transforming Global Governance for the 21st Century (July 8, 2013). UNDP-HDRO Occasional Papers No. 2013/09, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2344484

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Alexander Betts

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Devi Sridhar

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