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Global Governance in Peril?

BOX | 633 transnational governance initiatives (TGIs) classified by issue area

Environment, Agriculture, Food

Environment: 243 TGIs, 38,4%
Climate change: 145 TGIs, 22,9%
Food and agriculture: 115 TGIs, 18,2%
Energy: 106 TGIs, 16,7%

Finance, development

Development: 236 TGIs, 37,3%
Bank and finance: 25 TGIs, 3,9%
Regional development: 9 TGIs, 1,4%
Monetary policy: 1 TGI, 0,2%

Health, society, science, education, culture

Health: 163 TGIs, 25,8%
Society: 132 TGIs, 20,9%
Women: 63 TGIs, 10%
Science and technology: 60 TGIs, 9,5%
Technical: 44 TGIs, 0.07%
Labour: 38 TGIs, 6%
Education: 34 TGIs, 5,4%
Culture: 19 TGIs, 3%

Trade, exchange

Commerce: 90 TGIs, 14,2%
Trade: 45 TGIs, 7,1%
Transport: 35 TGIs, 5,5%
Tourism: 19 TGIs, 3%

Human rights and migration

Human rights: 74 TGIs, 11,7%
Migration: 6 TGIs, 0,9%

Peace and Security

Crime: 19 TGIs, 3%
Peace and stability: 15 TGIs, 2,4%
Soft security: 10 TGIs, 1,6%
Conflict: 8 TGIs, 1,3%
Defence: 6 TGIs, 0,9%
Private security: 3 TGIs, 0,5%
Nuclear proliferation: 3 TGIs, 0,5%
Counterterrorism: 1 TGI, 0,2%

Other

Communication: 28 TGIs, 4,4%
Transparency: 25 TGIs, 3,9%
Legal: 22 TGIs, 3,5%

Source: Olivier Westerwinter, “Online Appendix for ‛Transnational Public-Private Governance Initiatives in World Politics: Introducing a New Dataset’”, 30 July 2019, available on https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-019-09366-w.

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