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Financing the Provision of Global Public Goods

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  • Prathivadi Bhayankaram Anand

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This paper examines the concept of global public goods (GPGs) and in that context explores the extent of aid (ODA) presently being diverted to GPG provision and whether such diversion skews aid-flows towards some recipients and whether diverting aid to GPG provision crowds out aid for conventional development activities. These are examined on the basis of OECD data for the late 1990s. The main argument of this paper is that ODA should not be used for financing GPG provision by developing countries.

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  • Prathivadi Bhayankaram Anand, 2002. "Financing the Provision of Global Public Goods," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-110, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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