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Problems in Global Governance Today

This section contains eleven extracts from the report of the Global Redesign Initiative project of the World Economic Forum that reflect their views on the problems in global governance today.

The topics covered are 

The 1944 process

Arrangements out of step

Missing sense of ownership

Lacks built-in incentives

Public governance failures

Sweeping changes

Civic culture not robust enough

Too prone to treat human dignity as outside legitimate purview

Fragmentation of information and leadership

Appetite for reform waned

Historic error to revert to complacency

 
 

• Introduction to the Readers’ Guide
• The Unique Design of GRI's Report and the Readers' Guide
• Participation in the Design of WEF's New Governance Model
• An Overview of WEF's Perspective
• From Traditional Governance to Global Governance through the Eyes of GRI
• Appraisal of WEF’s Perspective
• Readers' Guide: Concluding Observations
• Section by Section Commentary
  • Problems in Global Governance Today
    • The 1944 Process
    • Arrangements Out of Step
    • Missing Sense of Ownership
    • Lacks Built-In Incentives
    • Public Governance Failures
    • Sweeping Changes
    • Civic Culture Not Robust Enough
    • Too Prone to Treat Human Dignity as Outside Legitimate Purview
    • Fragmentation of Information and Leadership
    • Appetite for Reform Waned
    • Historic Error to Revert to Complacency
  • Five Steps: Introduction
  • Three Special Mechanisms: Introduction
  • Four Tools: Introduction
  • Four Building Blocks: Introduction
• Annexes
• Frequently Cited Works, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
• Links to PDFs of Readers' Guide Chapters