A comparative analysis of how international organizations have engaged in public-private partnerships, explaining the rise and outcomes of global partnerships across multiple policy domains.

Liliana B. Andonova is Professor of International Relations and Political Science, and Academic Co-Director of the Center for International Environmental Studies at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva. She is the author of Transnational Politics of the Environment (2003); co-author of Transnational Climate Change Governance (Cambridge, 2014); and co-editor of a special issue on the Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance of the journal International Interactions (2017).

1. Introduction: global partnerships; 2. Theory of dynamic institutional change; 3. The UN secretariat: crafting normative space for partnerships; 4. UNEP and the World Bank: extending sustainability via partnerships; 5. Partnerships for children and health; 6. Conclusion - institutional diversity and global partnerships; Annex: constructing the global partnerships database.