"This book is about global public goods (GPGs), particularly those related to the environment, in the context of the global development process. We, the co-editors of this volume, are concerned with the long-term sustainability of development, as the distinction between developing and developed countries is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. We contend that global sustainability depends on—indeed, consists of—the provision of certain GPGs, and that the prevailing approach to development assistance does not sufficiently recognize this fact.
A key question is whether the country-ownership model is even compatible with global sustainability.
A second key question is whether the political will exists to make the provision of GPGs an explicit and central objective of official development assistance—especially in the face of objections from those who believe aid should be solely concerned with the eradication of poverty through national or community-level interventions.
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