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The Economist selected Global Crises, Global Solutions as one of the best books in 2004.'A hugely sensible book about global health and environmental problems, based on the 'Copenhagen Consensus' project documented in The Economist.
Using a common framework of cost-benefit analysis a team of leading economists, including five Nobel prize winners, assess the attractiveness of a wide range of policy options for combating ten of the world's biggest problems: Air pollution, Conflicts, Diseases, Education, Global Warming, Malnutrition and Hunger, Sanitation and Clean Water ...
Whereas global output by 2100 is set 13 per cent lower than before, with population 8.5 per cent higher (at 10.7 billion) but output per person 20 per cent lower (at $9,100 in 1990 prices), carbon emissions are 48 per cent lower than before (at only 12.9 GtC, down from 24.9 GtC; 2000, 5).
Global Crises, Global Solutions A unique publication exploring the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, access to education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, migration, sanitation and access to clean ...
At its heart, the focus for the Copenhagen Consensus was very simple – it was to address the current global crises and come up with a list of the best solutions. The core idea is simple: with scarce resources to tackle the problems of the world, prioritization is necessary.
The fi rst edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This new edition is entirely revised and updated but retains the format that made the fi rst edition a bestseller and one of the most widely discussed policy books of recent times.
Oct 25, 2004 · This volume provides a uniquely rich set of arguments and data for prioritizing our responses to some of the most serious problems facing the world today, such as climate change, communicable...
Jan 27, 2005 · Global Crises, Global Solutions is the result, and disappointing it is, garnering at best two stars. Convene serious thinkers to create a list of critical issues facing the global community that are amenable to governmental intervention, prune and prioritise the list to the top 10, enlist leading economists to outline the challenges ...
Jul 9, 2009 · The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This second edition asks: if we had more money to spend to help the...
Oct 25, 2004 · Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious, yet accessible, springboard for debate and discussion and will be required reading for government employees, NGOs, scholars and...
