Governance by numbers 2.0: policy brokerage as an instrument of global governance in the era of information overload

The article investigates how and when the two first movers in knowledge-based regulationthe OECD and the World Bankdeveloped policy brokerage as an instrument of global governance in the education sector.We also examine how their target clientelenational governmentsresponds to this instrument.Given the surplus of research evidence in today's digital economy, intergovernmental organisations have the challenge of standing out as trusted and credible knowledge brokers in a crowded space.The authors make the case for a comparative research programmetentatively labeled 'Governance by Numbers 2.0'that is informed by a multidisciplinary (history, political science, interdisciplinary policy studies) interpretive framework and that advances a transnational, relational method of inquiry which draws attention to the global/national nexus.数字治理 2.0：信息过量时代作为全球治理工具的政 策中介 摘要