"With the publication of this volume, UNDP has again proved to
be a leading intellectual agency, as well as an important operational body."
"This volume introduces a framework for facilitating and reinforcing international development through an equal partnership model of cooperation. I find it enlightening, and
hopefully reflective of the changing values of this era."
"This book embarks into new dimensions of thinking."
"This is an important piece of work on one of the most interesting and urgent problems of our time. An increasing number of issues, including those of the developing world, are
an international responsibility. This volume does a distinctively important service by drawing this fact to our attention. I admire the effort that has gone into it. I particularly endorse the result."
"We need better international cooperation to ensure that human beings have full access to necessary public goods. This volume is an invaluable tool to bring this goal closer."
"How can self-interest be harnessed for the public good? This volume will prove useful to anyone interested in answering that question."
"At a time when many are saying that globalization has gone too far, UNDP has produced a wide and deep study of global public goods. The volume dealswith peace and trade, but also
with global warming, transnational pollution, disease and financial crises-all public bads-and their suppression, which constitutes a good. The subject is complex but of paramount
importance to a world experiencing, or approaching, multidimensional crises."
"This volume is bound to be an important reference for future work and public debate."
"The concept of public good offers a useful analytical framework for the continuing debate over the usefulness of aid because, among other things, of its focus on the mutuality of
benefits. In particular, regional public goods must be a critical part of the strategy for Africa's growth and development and for improving Africa's competitiveness."
