gpgNet intends to serve researchers, policymakers, business and civil society as a platform for information exchange and discussion, on issues concerning the theory, policy design and practice of providing global public goods.   What's new on the Knowledge Portal? Selected new research contributions. If you want to see more, click here. Politics of the Provision of Global Public Goods Zhang, Juyan and Brecken Chinn Swartz. 2009. "Public Diplomacy to Promote Global Public Goods (GPG): Conceptual Expansion, Ethical Grounds, and Rhetoric." Public Relations Review 35(4):382-387. Financing of Global Public Goods Pantelis Kammas and Apostolis Philippopoulos. 2009. "The Role of International Public Goods in Tax Cooperation." MPRA Paper No. 15844, Munich Personal RePEc Archive, Munich University Library, University of Munich. Environment Chhatre, Ashwini and Ann Agrawal. 2009. "Trade-offs and Synergies between Carbon Storage and Livelihood Benefits from Forest Commons." PNAS 106(42):17667-17670. Health Buse, Kent, Wolfgang Hein and Nick Drager, eds. 2009. Making Sense of Global Health Governance: A Policy Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Knowledge Smith, Richard D., Carlos Correa and Cecilia Oh. 2009. "Trade, TRIPS, and Pharmaceuticals." The Lancet 373(9664):684-691. What are global public goods? And why are they important? If you want to know more about the concept of global public goods, click here.