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Mondiale crises - zoals rond voedselzekerheid, de Mexicaanse grieppandemie of de recente financiële instabiliteit - zijn het gevolg van toenemende interdependenties tussen landen. Rijke en ontwikkelingslanden raken steeds meer met elkaar verbonden, wat in het ene land gebeurt kan gevolgen hebben aan de andere kant van de planeet, en veel problemen zijn niet langer binnen de grenzen van één land aan te pakken. Op de vraag hoe we in deze nieuwe context internationale problemen en vragen verder kunnen brengen, is nog nergens het definitieve antwoord gevonden, maar daar zijn de afgelopen jaren wel goede aanzetten voor gegeven met coherentiebeleid en internationale publieke goederen. Nederland deed tot voor kort niet veel met het concept internationale publieke goederen. Dit paper schetst daarom op basis van relevante internationale literatuur een aantal karakteristieken van internationale publieke goederen. De serie WRR-webpublicaties omvat studies die in het kader van de werkzaamheden van de WRR tot stand zijn gekomen. De verantwoordelijkheid voor de inhoud en de ingenomen standpunten berust bij de auteurs.

Public goods --- International cooperation. --- Netherlands --- Economic conditions.

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"Using empirical evidence from Costa Rica and El Salvador, outlines alternative principles underlying water and electricity provision, including social rights, accountability, and environmental sustainability. Argues that an excessive market orientation marginalized these principles while weakening state structures and accountability mechanisms and benefiting a small group of elites"--Provided by publisher.

Political sociology --- Politics --- Water resources development --- Electric power --- Public goods

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"Using empirical evidence from Costa Rica and El Salvador, outlines alternative principles underlying water and electricity provision, including social rights, accountability, and environmental sustainability. Argues that an excessive market orientation marginalized these principles while weakening state structures and accountability mechanisms and benefiting a small group of elites" --Provided by publisher.

Water resources development --- Electric power --- Public goods. --- Goods, Public --- Finance, Public --- Welfare economics --- Free rider problem (Economics) --- Electric power supply --- Power supply, Electric --- Power resources --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply --- Haglund. --- economics. --- education. --- electricity. --- government. --- health. --- limiting. --- market-led reform. --- public goods. --- resources. --- sanitation. --- social rights. --- transformation. --- water.

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Developing country governments and the development aid community are acutely aware of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic living conditions for the poor, as traditional approaches of delivering public support have not always led to the results intended. 'Results-based financing' (RBF) instruments, which tie the disbursement of public funding to the achievement of pre-agreed results, are now recognized as one important piece of the aid delivery puzzle. The aim of these instruments is to enhance the effectiveness of public funding. It provides a practical understanding of the e

Municipal finance --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- Municipal services --- Economic development projects --- Economic assistance --- Finance. --- Municipal services within corporate limits --- Public services --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Finance, Municipal --- Municipal government --- Public utilities --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital --- Local finance

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This paper examines a puzzle in the political economy of infrastructure in India - the co-existence of relatively low shares of capital spending in public budgets alongside evidence of large demand for village infrastructure from poor voters. It argues that this pattern is due to infrastructure projects being used at the margin for political rent-seeking, while spending on employment and welfare transfers are the preferred vehicles to win votes for re-election. New suggestive evidence on the variation of public spending composition across states, and within states over time is offered that is consistent with this argument. This evidence underscores a growing argument in the development literature that the level and composition of public spending per se may not be sufficient metrics to assess the quality of public goods policies - greater infrastructure spending in some contexts may go to political rents rather than to the actual delivery of broad public goods for growth and poverty reduction.

Accounting --- Capital Projects --- Debt --- Debt Markets --- Debt servicing --- Electricity --- Finance and Financial Sector Development --- Fiscal policies --- Governance --- Government spending --- Housing --- National Governance --- Parliamentary Government --- Public --- Public expenditure --- Public goods --- Public infrastructure --- Public investment --- Public resources --- Public sector --- Public Sector Development --- Public Sector Economics --- Public Sector Management and Reform --- Public spending --- Roads --- Savings --- Taxation --- User charges