The Global Cooperation Barometer 2026, developed by international finance organisation the World Economic Forum (WEF) and management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, reveals that strong pressures on multilateral institutions are causing global cooperation to evolve rather than retreat. The Global Cooperation Barometer shows countries are rewriting the way they engage in cooperation. Creating new cooperative formats will require new structures, from trade agreements to standards alliances, and new types of partnerships, including public-private and private-private partnership, to manage them effectively, the WEF says.
