ABSTRACT

The global community confronts a comprehensive and interconnected array of compelling economic, development and security challenges which require effective global governance. At the centre of world governance stand the new plurilateral summit institutions; the G8 and G20, and UN summits on subjects such as sustainable development and climate change. Many observers and participants regard the performance of these summits as inadequate and doubt their ability to cope with increasingly complex and numerous global challenges.

This book critically examines how effectively central global institutions comply with their commitments and how their effectiveness can be improved through accountability measures designed to raise compliance and deliver better results.

Expert contributors assess compliance and accountability at the key global institutions to provide an important resource for policymakers and scholars in political science, governance and accountability.

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part I|22 pages

Introduction

part II|39 pages

Global economic governance

part III|61 pages

Global sustainable development governance

part IV|41 pages

Global security governance

chapter 8|23 pages

When states misbehave

Membership suspension in international organizations

part V|93 pages

Accountability mechanisms in action

chapter 10|12 pages

Explaining G8 compliance

Reciprocity, ministerial institutionalization and accountability

chapter 12|12 pages

The ICC G20 Business Scorecard

chapter 14|19 pages

Knowledge and learning in the World Bank

Assessing the role, challenges and prospects for a more accountable international financial institution

part VI|15 pages

Conclusion