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. In a world fraught with problems and challenges, we need to
gauge how to achieve the greatest good with our money. Global Crises, Global Solutions
provides a rich set of arguments and data for prioritising our response most effectively.
Each problem is introduced by a world-renowned expert defining the scale of the problem
and describing the costs and benefits of a range of policy options to improve the
situation. Each challenge is evaluated by economists from North America, Europe and China
who attempt a ranking of the most promising options. Whether you agree or disagree with
the analysis or conclusions, Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious, yet
accessible, springboard for debate and discussion.
Tackles ten of the world's biggest problems
Innovative approach attempts to provide a non-partisan analysis
Exceptionally high calibre of contributing authors
Table of Contents
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
Wöbmann; 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 Böhning; 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.
Reviews
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. Its authors, eminent
economists, recognise that the resources to tackle such problems are finite and need to be
applied where they are most likely to be effective. Better, for instance, to spend
resources on the immediate problem of AIDS in Africa than the more distant one of global
warming. This book is a healthy antidote to the narrow views of single-issue pressure
groups.' The Economist
'Global Crises, Global Solutions is, therefore, worthwhile in that it offers an
economic perspective on important problems in global policy.' The Lancet
'Whether you agree or disagree with the Copenhagen Consensus' analysis or conclusions,
Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious, yet accessible, springboard for
further debate and discussion.' African Business
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