Ajay Chhibber
Festering Global Problems Require More Globalized Financing
Brookings Institution, 2016
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Global public goods are an important part of sustainable development, but significant questions remain about how to finance them.
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The problem of financing global public goods is a thorny one. The entire world benefits from actions on threats such as terrorism or climate change. But getting nations to fund these measures is difficult; they are loath to finance efforts beyond their borders. In this enlightening blog post, economist Ajay Chhibber offers various ideas on how to support global public goods. getAbstract recommends this thought-provoking essay to economists, policy makers and business executives with a global mind-set on sustainability.
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About the Author
Ajay Chhibber is a visiting scholar at George Washington University and a visiting professor at New Delhi’s National Institute for Public Finance and Policy.
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