although globalization has created ample opportunities and spaces to share experiences and information, the diffusion of ideas, especially in global health, is primarily influenced by the unequal distribution of economic, political and scientific powers around the world. these ideas in global health are generally rooted in high-income countries (hics), and then reach low- and middle-income coun...

Climate change is the exemplary global public good, because each country’s emissions of greenhouse gases contribute cumulatively to the increase of the overall concentration, and each country’s abatements entail higher cost than benefit, unless effective concerted collective actions take place. Unfortunately there are weak political and economic instruments for entering a climate agreement and ...

Scientific evidence demonstrates, in different degrees for developing and developed countries, that physical activity is associated with substantial health, economic, and societal benefits. However, for varying environmental, social, and individual reasons, people do not tend to engage in the levels of physical activity that would be beneficial to them. Environmental and policy interventions ho...

This paper examines the value of international cooperation in an oil supply disruption. The perspective is that of oil-importing countries; since the oil market is integrated internationally, the actions of one have spillover effects on the others. We focus on bulTer stock policies, with each player maximizing the present value of national income less the cost of operating the stockpile program...

Climate Strategies aims to assist governments in solving the collective action problem of climate change. Sponsors include departments from European governments and other stakeholders. This paper was produced as part of a wider project investigating international support for domestic climate policies. All papers are available at www.climatestrategies.org About Climate Strategies Climate Strateg...

This paper examines the international experiences with four basic types of monetary policy regimes: 1) exchange-rate targeting, 2) monetary targeting, 3) inflation targeting, and 4) monetary policy with an implicit but not an explicit nominal anchor. The basic theme that emerges from this analysis is that transparency and accountability are crucial to constraining discretionary monetary policy ...

This paper reexamines the theoretical literature on international labor standards, providing an overview of its main analytical arguments. Among the situations in which a case for labor standards may arise are imperfections in labor markets, market power effects in international trade, and concerns that consumers may have about the working conditions or rights that workers enjoy. The paper emph...

The complexity of policy decision making is well recognized. It is not clear, however, what role academic policy research has played in influencing the directions of policy outcomes and how the research has intertwined with notable issues globally. Given the importance of energy choices on sustainable development, we have developed a comprehensive and powerful visualization of the research tren...