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Global Public Goods, Global Programs and Global Policies: Some Initial Findings from a World Bank Ev |
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The share of official development assistance (ODA) going to global
programs has increased considerably during the past decade while
overall ODA has stagnated at about $45 million annually (Ferroni and
Mody, p. 19). According to Hewitt, Morrissey, and te Veldt, spending on
international public goods represented 5.0% of overall ODA in 1980-82,
6.8% in 1990-92, and 8.8% in 1996-98, with the growing share occurring
primarily in the environment and health areas. This growth in funding
of global programs is one result of the accelerated pace of
globalization and is leading to a new...
This paper was presented at the ASSA winter meetings (Washington D.C., January 2003)
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