Global Crises, Global Solutions
(Sprache: Englisch)
A unique publication exploring the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: Climate Change, Communicable Diseases, Conflicts, Education, Financial Instability, Corruption, Migration, Malnutrition and Hunger,...
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A unique publication exploring the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: Climate Change, Communicable Diseases, Conflicts, Education, Financial Instability, Corruption, Migration, Malnutrition and Hunger, Trade Barriers, Access to Water. Leading economists define the scale of each problem and discuss the costs and benefits of a range of policy options for improvement. Experts from North America, Europe and China then attempt to rank the most promising policy options, stimulating the debate on prioritising our response to some of the major issues of today.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Global Crises, Global Solutions “
List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; List of contributors; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction Bjorn Lomborg; Part I. The Challenges: 1. Climate change William Cline; Alternative perspectives 1.1 Robert Mendelsohn 1.2 Alan S. Manne; 2. Communicable diseases Anne Mills and Sam Shilcutt; Alternative perspectives 2.1 David B. Evans 2.2 Jacques van der Gaag; 3. Conflicts and arms proliferation Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler; Alternative perspectives 3.1 Michael D. Intraligator 3.2 Tony Addison; 4. Access to education Lant Pritchett; Alternative perspectives 4.1 T. Paul Schultz 4.2 Ludger Wobmann; 5. Financial instability Barry Eichengreen; Alternative perspectives 5.1 Charles Wyplosz; 5.2 Peter Blair Henry; 6. Governance and corruption Susan Rose-Ackerman; Alternative perspectives 6.1 Jens Christopher Andvig; 6.2 Jean Cartier-Bresson; 7. Malnutrition and hunger Jere R. Behrman, Harold Alderman and John Hoddinott; Alternative perspectives 7.1 Peter Svedberg; 7.2 Simon Appleton; 8. Migration Philip Martin; Alternative perspectives 8.1 Mark Rosenzweig 8.2 Roger Bohning; 9. Sanitation and access to clean water Frank Rijsberman; Alternative perspectives 9.1 John J. Boland 9.2 Henry Vaux, Jr. 10. Subsidies and trade barriers Kym Anderson; Alternative perspectives 10.1 Jan Pronk 10.2 Arvind Panagariya; Part II. Ranking the Opportunities: Jagdish Bhagwati, Robert Fogel, Bruno Frey, Justin Yifu Lin, Douglass North, Thomas Schelling, Vernon Smith and Nancy Stokey; Expert Panel; Youth Parliament; Index.
Autoren-Porträt
Bjorn Lomborg war Umweltaktivist und Greenpeace-Mitglied. Lehrt heute Statistik an der Universität Aarhus.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2004, XXII, 648 Seiten, Maße: 17,4 x 24,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Ed. by Björn Lomborg
- Herausgegeben: Bjorn Lomborg
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521606144
- ISBN-13: 9780521606141
Sprache:
Englisch
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