Global Strategies & Solutions

Over the ages humans have recognised problems they face, and have devised and implemented solutions and strategies to overcome them. But what was the problem and logic behind these strategies, how were they implemented, and what were their outcomes - positive or negative, deliberate or unintended? The Global Strategies and Solutions section of the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is an ongoing attempt to record and map the relationships between any strategies and solutions that humanity actually or potentially uses, in the hopes that a better overall understanding of which would greatly enhance our ability to formulate effective strategies to global problems.

The Global Strategies and Solutions section details this problem and over 32,000 others and the 280,000 relationships between them - from Awarding prizes, Breaking down cultural isolation and Campaigning, to Wishing and Using witchcraft. The strategies presented are those recognized by over 69,000 international organizations including IGOs, NGOs and other bodies (profiled in the Yearbook of International Organizations). Some strategies may be recognized by many organizations, others may only be recognized by loose networks, movements or isolated groups of experts.

Strategy Strategy Type
Developing scientific knowledge G: Very Specific strategies
Monitoring industrial waste water pollutants F: Exceptional strategies
Teaching basic health practices C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Holding citizen enquiry D: Detailed strategies
Limiting limitations to the comprehension of international information E: Emanations of other strategies
Restricting growth in employment in manufacturing industries G: Very Specific strategies
Destroying household pests G: Very Specific strategies
Using ethnicity as identity D: Detailed strategies
Deterring criminal behaviour G: Very Specific strategies
Writing C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Disapproving of unmarried women G: Very Specific strategies
Developing system sciences D: Detailed strategies
Reducing risk of slandering G: Very Specific strategies
Providing direct assistance G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing national steering groups for sustainable development E: Emanations of other strategies
Operating international airlines G: Very Specific strategies
Making recommendations F: Exceptional strategies
Desecrating monuments J: Unconfirmed strategies
Exploiting children F: Exceptional strategies
Promoting direct trade E: Emanations of other strategies
Demonstrating basic agriculture techniques G: Very Specific strategies
Renovating former town nodes G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing community credit union D: Detailed strategies
Developing training partnerships G: Very Specific strategies
Promoting policy coherence in world trade agreements F: Exceptional strategies
Informing about effects of nuclear war G: Very Specific strategies
Unbalancing international trade patterns J: Unconfirmed strategies
Convening international meetings on the issue of security for nongovernmental organizations engaged on hazardous duties G: Very Specific strategies
Protecting medical staff engaged on hazardous duties E: Emanations of other strategies
Making environmental declarations E: Emanations of other strategies
Using land-locked and island countries as havens E: Emanations of other strategies
Seeking competent specific input G: Very Specific strategies
Studying nutritional habits G: Very Specific strategies
Appropriating training G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing delay recognizing problems G: Very Specific strategies
Releasing workers representatives J: Unconfirmed strategies
Deciding intentional learning focus G: Very Specific strategies
Screening third world documentary films D: Detailed strategies
Denying rights of medical patients G: Very Specific strategies
Ageing E: Emanations of other strategies
Regenerating myths E: Emanations of other strategies
Finalizing A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Re-evaluating social paradigms F: Exceptional strategies
Forming transnational political interdependence C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Harmonizing business relations G: Very Specific strategies
Applying prosthetic therapy E: Emanations of other strategies
Undervaluing public assets J: Unconfirmed strategies
Decentralizing power E: Emanations of other strategies
Converting outmoded public buildings D: Detailed strategies
Congratulating A: Abstract fundamental strategies

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