(Ebook) Global crises, global solutions by edited by Bjørn Lomborg. ISBN 9780521517218, 9780521741224, 9781139069304, 0521517214, 052174122X, 1139069306

(Ebook) Global crises, global solutions by edited by Bjørn Lomborg. ISBN 9780521517218, 9780521741224, 9781139069304, 0521517214, 052174122X, 1139069306

In a world fraught with problems and challenges, we need to gauge how to achieve the greatest good with our money. In this volume each problem is introduced by a world expert defining the scale of the problem and describing the costs and benefits of a range of policy options to improve the situation. Air pollution / Bjørn Larsen with Guy Hutton and Neha Khanna ; Alternative perspectives / Jitendra Shah --The security challenge in conflict-prone countries / Paul Collier, Lisa Chauvet, and Håvard Hegre ; Alternative perspectives / Ibrahim A. Elbadawi, Andrew Mack --Disease control / Dean T. Jamison, Prabhat Jha, and David E. Bloom ; Alternative perspectives / David Canning, Ramanan Laxminarayan --The benefits and costs of alternative strategies to improve educational outcomes / Peter F. Orazem, Paul Glewwe, and Harry Patrinos ; Alternative perspectives / Victor Lavy, Lant Pritchett --Climate change / Gary W. Yohe ... [et al.] ; Alternative perspectives / Chris Green, Anil Markandya --Hunger and malnutrition / Sue Horton, Harold Alderman, and Juan A. Rivera ; Alternative perspectives / Reynaldo Martorell, Anil B. Deolalikar --Water and sanitation / Dale Whittington, [et al.] ; Alternative perspectives / Jennifer Davis, Frank R. Rijsberman, and Alix Peterson Zwane --The challenge of reducing international trade and migration barriers / Kym Anderson and L. Alan Winters ; Alternative perspectives / Alan V. Deardorff, Anthony J. Venables --Transnational terrorism / Todd Sandler, Daniel G. Arce, and Walter Enders ; Alternative perspectives / S. Brock Blomberg, Michael D. Intriligator --Women and development / Elizabeth M. King, Stephan Klasen, and Maria Porter ; Alternative perspectives / Lawerence Haddad, Aysit Tansel --Expert panel ranking / Jogdish Bhagwati, [et al.].