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The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving them. However, even if all governments were willing to spend more money on solving the problems, we cannot do it all at once. We have to prioritize; and in order to do this we need a better sense of the costs and benefits of each 'solution'. This book offers a rigorous overview of twenty-three of the world's biggest problems relating to the environment, governance, economics, and health and population. Leading economists provide a short survey of the analysis and sketch out policy solutions for which they provide cost-benefit ratios. A unique feature is the provision of freely downloadable software which allows readers to make their own cost-benefit calculations for spending money to make the world a better place.

International movements --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Economic policy --- International cooperation --- Cost effectiveness --- Cost effectiveness. --- Economic policy. --- International cooperation. --- AA / International- internationaal --- 321.2 --- 331.31 --- 355 --- 311.0 --- 313 --- globalisering --- prognoses wereldeconomie --- milieuproblematiek --- welvaartseconomie --- Economisch beleid van de overheid. --- Economisch beleid. --- Milieu --- Demografie. Algemene fenomenen: algemeenheden. --- Levenswijze en levensstandaard. Levensminimum. sociale indicatoren (Studiën). --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Benefit cost analysis --- Capital output ratios --- Cost benefit analysis --- Costs, Industrial --- Engineering economy --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Cooperation, International --- Global governance --- Institutions, International --- Interdependence of nations --- International institutions --- World order --- Cooperation --- International relations --- International organization --- Demografie. Algemene fenomenen: algemeenheden --- Levenswijze en levensstandaard. Levensminimum. sociale indicatoren (Studiën) --- Economisch beleid van de overheid --- Economisch beleid --- Business, Economy and Management

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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 world's poorest people, where could we spend it most effectively? 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, Subsidies and Trade Barriers, Terrorism, Women and Development. The arguments are clearly presented and fully referenced so that readers are encouraged to make their own evaluation of the menu of policy options on offer. Whether you agree or disagree with the economists' conclusions, there is a wealth of data and ideas to discuss and debate.

WATER SUPPLIES -- 337 --- CLIMATE CHANGE -- 337 --- CONFLICTS -- 337 --- EDUCATION -- 337 --- FINANCIAL INSTABILITY -- 337 --- CORRUPTION -- 337 --- HUNGER -- 337 --- MIGRATION -- 337 --- SUBSIDIES -- 337 --- TRADE BARRIERS -- 330.191.6 --- TRADE BARRIERS -- 337 --- International Economy --- broeikaseffect --- prognoses wereldeconomie --- 339.9 <031> --- 330.342.36 --- 320.6 --- Buitenlandse economische betrekkingen. Internationale economische betrekkingen--Encyclopedieën. Lexica --- Wereldeconomie --- International Economy. --- 330.342.36 Wereldeconomie --- 339.9 <031> Buitenlandse economische betrekkingen. Internationale economische betrekkingen--Encyclopedieën. Lexica --- -Theorie van het internationale evenwicht. Economische onafhankelijkheid van een natie. Globalisering. Mondialisering. --- -Economic nationalism --- Economic development --- Economic policy --- Globalization --- International cooperation --- 337 --- globalisering --- milieuproblematiek --- #SBIB:33H072 --- 333.481 --- 338.340 --- 351.2 --- 382.11 --- 470 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 504.06 --- Eco-development --- Ecodevelopment --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Cooperation, International --- Global governance --- Institutions, International --- Interdependence of nations --- International institutions --- World order --- Cooperation --- International organization --- Environmental aspects --- Wereldmarkten --- Monetaire crisissen, hervormingen, saneringen en stabilisering --- Algemene ontwikkeling in de Derde Wereld --- Openbare gezondheid. Milieubescherming. Milieuvervuiling --- Theorie van het internationale evenwicht. Economische onafhankelijkheid van een natie. Globalisering. Mondialisering --- Openbaar onderwijs: algemeenheden --- Milieubescherming. Bescherming van de kwaliteit van het milieu --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Social costs. Social benefits --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Economic development. --- Economic policy. --- Globalization. --- International cooperation. --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Economics --- Environmental aspects. --- Business, Economy and Management

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The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research institutes, Bjørn Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline news across the world. His arguments are presented in non-technical, accessible language and are carefully backed up by over 2500 footnotes allowing readers to check sources for themselves. Concluding that there are more reasons for optimism than pessimism, Bjørn Lomborg stresses the need for clear-headed prioritisation of resources to tackle real, not imagined problems. The Skeptical Environmentalist offers readers a non-partisan stocktaking exercise that serves as a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favoured by campaign groups and the media.

milieuproblematiek --- globalisering --- prognoses wereldeconomie --- welvaartseconomie --- Global environmental change --- Human ecology --- Pollution --- 504 --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Environmental change, Global --- Global change, Environmental --- Global environmental changes --- Change --- 504 Environment. Environmental science --- Environment. Environmental science --- Environmental aspects --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- 502.35 --- 363.7 --- environnement --- international --- 351.2 --- 500 Milieu --- #A0111A --- leefmilieu --- internationaal --- Openbare gezondheid. Milieubescherming. Milieuvervuiling --- #ECO:01.13:economie sociaal duurzaam milieu ethiek --- 338 --- 502.31 --- 338 Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten --- Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten --- 502.31 Interaction, interdependence of nature and society. Mutual benefits etc. --- Interaction, interdependence of nature and society. Mutual benefits etc. --- Interaction, interdependence of nature and society. Mutual benefits etc --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Global environmental change. --- Human ecology. --- Pollution. --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Environmental Management --- Environmental Management (General). --- Ecologie. --- Global warming. --- Klimaatbeheersing. --- Milieu-economie. --- Milieuwetenschappen. --- Opwarming van de aarde. --- Pollutie. --- Natural resources --- resource management --- Resource allocation --- economic structure --- Economic development --- Economic indicators --- Environmental impact --- Environmental policies --- Decision making --- world --- Changement global (Environnement) --- Ecologie humaine --- Ecology. --- Economics. --- Climatic changes --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Conservation of natural resources

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There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education, and climate change, to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the problems are quantified in percent of GDP, giving readers a unique opportunity to understand the development of each problem over the past century and the likely development into the middle of this century, and to compare the size of the challenges. For example: how bad was air pollution in 1900? How has it deteriorated and what about the future? Did climate change cost more than malnutrition in 2010? This pioneering initiative to provide answers to many of these questions will undoubtedly spark debate amongst a wide readership.

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Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue. In this book, Bjørn Lomborg brings together research by world-class specialist authors, a foreword by UNAIDS founding director Peter Piot and perspectives from Nobel Laureates and African civil society leaders to identify the most effective ways to tackle the pandemic across sub-Saharan Africa. There remains an alarming lack of high-quality data evaluating responses to HIV. We still know too little about what works, where and how to replicate our successes. This book offers the first comprehensive attempt by teams of authors to analyze HIV/AIDS policy choices using cost-benefit analysis, across six major topics. This approach provides a provocative fresh look at the best ways to scale up the fight against this killer epidemic.

AIDS (Disease) --- HIV infections --- Prevention. --- Prevention --- Cost effectiveness. --- RethinkHIV (Project) --- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome --- Acquired immunological deficiency syndrome --- Immunological deficiency syndromes --- Virus-induced immunosuppression --- HIV (Viruses) infections --- HTLV-III infections --- HTLV-III-LAV infections --- Human T-lymphotropic virus III infections --- Lentivirus infections --- Sexually transmitted diseases --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics