Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and BenefitsBjørn Lomborg 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. |
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Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits Bjørn Lomborg No preview available - 2007 |
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21.5 Overview table 22.1 Estimates 22.2 Global results 22.4 Sensitivity 23.2 Possible cost-benefit alternative assumptions 399 alternative discount rates analysis of ECD Bank’s benefits for solutions Bjørn Lomborg contributors Copenhagen Consensus costs and benefits deforestation Department of Economics developing world sub-regions discount rates 393 factors of production five selected developing global cost-benefit analysis HARRY ANTHONY PATRINOS Henk Folmer Ian Coxhead immigration 435 indicators across regions intervention programs 367 lags at alternative Lead Economist losers native workers Maskus options 370 Paul Collier Paul Dunne Peter Blair Peter Blair Henry Pielke Professor of Economics Ragnar Øygard ratios for gainers ratios to model received with various regions WS&S MDG Results of global selected developing regions Sensitivity of benefit-cost South Asia sub-Saharan Africa SUSAN ROSE-ACKERMAN table for benefit-cost tables 19.1 Cost-effectiveness University of Colorado University of Strathclyde various early intervention various lags World Bank world sub-regions 418 World's Biggest Problems WS&S MDG targets