Benedicte Bull, Desmond Mcneill

Development Issues in Global Governance

Public-Private Partnerships and Market Multilateralism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new volume looks at how and why United Nations organizations and the World Bank are increasingly working with private actors, including for-profit companies and corporations; business organizations and private foundations to address key world issues such as health, education, labour rights and water.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780415393393
• ISBN-10: 0415393396
• Artikelnr.: 22181786

Autorenporträt

Benedicte Bull is Senior Researcher at SUM (Centre for Development and the Environment), University of Oslo, Norway. Desmond McNeill is Research Professor, and former Director, also at SUM, University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Market multilateralism: the transformation of an institutional form 2.
Legitimacy and authority in global governance 3. The rise of private sector
involvement in the multilateral system 4. The pharmaceutical industry and
the quest for health for all: the cases of GAVI and the Global Fund 5.
Tripartism meets CSR: The ILO and partnerships against child labour 6.
UNESCO and the software industry: Bridging the digital divide or completing
the unfinished business of the United States? 7. Water for all? The World
Bank and Public-private partnerships with water companies 8. Conclusion:
Market multilateralism and the legitimacy of the multilateral system