The end of the cold war generated a new topic for discussion on global governance: global public goods, viewed as intangible goods. This article, resulting from the project "Reorientation of Multilateralism", in partnership with KAS, explores the notion of global public goods and the current stage of globalization and multilateral governance in this agenda.

As Anna Jaguaribe explains “Global public goods emerge from the academia into the world of international negotiations in response to the need for governance and to the policy challenges posed by globalization.”