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Public goods
The employment of a participatory process that allows all parties to voice
their interests in a fair dialogue is also critical for the provision of public
goods (national or global) such as clean air, counteracting the threat of
global warming and the spread of HIV/AIDS, etc., for which the market
would not otherwise provide. Development co-operation policies need to
be assessed through the lens of public goods (both national and global),
which are vital for people’s well-being. The under-provision of global public
goods can overnight wipe out years of development efforts, as for instance,
through financial crises or the spread of AIDS, which can reverse gains in
life expectancy, education, agriculture, and trade. In order to facilitate closer
linkages between domestic policy-making and international co-operation it
is important that civil society organizations become more systematically
involved, since by definition, public goods are subject to market and government
failures (Kaul and Ryu, 2001). The adequate provision of public
goods is essential for the effectiveness of aid and poverty reduction and calls
for a participatory process where all groups – including civil society, women,
the poor and the private sector – can express their concerns.
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