The existence of official international organizations, especially with a broad international membership, also facilitates and promotes the search for multilateral solutions to problems in areas such as trade policy, and limits the scope for bilateral or unilateral policies. Such multilateral solutions which are developed and implemented within a rule-based framework might be more acceptable to the parties involved than other solutions, e.g. unilateral sanctions.
„International economic and financial stability” is often referred to as an international public good, as a means to broadly shared global prosperity.