How to spend 50 billion to make the world a better place / edited by Bjørn Lomborg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International cooperation.

Globalization.

Economic development.

Economic policy.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edited by Bjørn Lomborg, this abridged version of the highly acclaimed Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious yet accessible springboard for debate and discussion on the world's most serious problems, and what we can do to solve them. In a world fraught with problems and challenges, we need to gauge how to achieve the greatest good with our money. This unique book provides a rich set of dialogs examining ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: climate change, the spread of communicable diseases, conflicts and arms proliferation, access to education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, migration, sanitation and access to clean water, and subsidies and trade barriers. Each problem is introduced by a world-renowned expert who defines the scale of the issue and examines a range of policy options.

Contents:

Meeting the challenge of global warming / William R. Cline

Climate change: opponents' views

Communicable diseases / Anne Mills and Sam Shillcutt

Communicable diseases: opponents' views

Challenge of reducing the global incidence of civil war / Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler

Challenge of conflicts: opponents' views

Toward a new consensus for addressing the global challenge of the lack of education / Lant Pritchett

Challenge of lack of education: opponents' views

Challenge of poor governance and corruption / Susan Rose-Ackerman

Challenge of poor governance and corruption: opponents' views

Hunger and malnutrition / Jere R. Behrman, Harold Alderman, and John Hoddinott

Hunger and malnutrition: opponents' views

Population and migration / Philip Martin

Population: migration: opponents' views

Water challenge / Frank Rijsberman

Water challenge: opponents' views

Subsidies and trade barriers / Kym Anderson

Subsidies and trade barriers: opponents' views.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-17044-3

1-282-15559-8

9786612155598

0-511-54035-3

0-511-53888-X

0-511-54069-8

0-511-53805-7

0-511-58132-7

0-511-53972-X

OCLC:

808807936