Evaluation in the context of global public goods

Abstract

Introduction: the roots of turbulent times This conference aims to address challenging subjects: turbulent times and crises that endanger our future: those of food, fuel and finance. My aim will be to weave these together into a third, overarching crisis, namely the slowly encroaching crisis of rising global public costs, which is caused by the careless way in which humanity continues to deplete natural resources and to treat our environment as an endless bounty for looting and spoiling.