ABSTRACT
International Organizations are active in the international public sphere and provide public goods and public services to the community of states. The trend toward the relative growth of the public sector is obvious though. In general, the wealthier, the more "modern" a state, the greater the size of its public sector. Many of the tasks in this global public sector are being addresses by traditional international organizations. These deal with collective action problems that arise from the dichotomy between the legal independence of states and of their actual interdependence. The success of such negotiations very much depends on the person who acts as the "facilitator." The facilitator tries to bridge a gap. Global compatibility of electrical equipment is a global public good. The United Nations and the World Trade Organization are core institutions of the present regime of global governance.
