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 |
|---|---|
| Providing symbology prowess | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Limiting image of employability | F: Exceptional strategies |
| Liberalizing financial markets | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Declining | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Resulting-Impending | P: Strategy polarities |
| Requiring compulsory unionism | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Undertaking specific urgent tasks | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Providing telephone/mail service | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Motivating | A: Abstract fundamental strategies |
| Discrediting false prophets | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Recovering regional heritage patterns | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Raising awareness on the benefits of environmental infrastructure | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Examining one's conscience | F: Exceptional strategies |
| Regulating job availability through resource availability | J: Unconfirmed strategies |
| Protecting against health hazards from fish, crustacea and molluscs | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Discriminative affection | T: Strategy types or complexes |
| Regularizing local citizen contact | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Using stronger metals | J: Unconfirmed strategies |
| Humanizing dying | D: Detailed strategies |
| Appropriating waste management technologies | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Challenging globalization | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Voting | C: Cross-sectoral strategies |
| Requiring family relationship structure | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Managing foreign aid | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| State capitalism | D: Detailed strategies |
| Resisting unjust laws | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Forecasting weather | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Covering up incompetent priests | J: Unconfirmed strategies |
| Encouraging foreign investment | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Corrupting policy-makers | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Ensuring compatibility of agreements on hazardous waste | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Meeting necessary emergency expenses | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Advancing health care for disadvantaged | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Mainstreaming family issues | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Systematizing relevant bureaucratic data | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Monitoring toxic food additives | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Conserving endangered languages | D: Detailed strategies |
| Attending-Absenting | P: Strategy polarities |
| Reducing discriminatory nuclear trade | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Projecting resource consumption trends | D: Detailed strategies |
| Furnishing modernized communication systems | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Recovering artistic heritage | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Abiding | A: Abstract fundamental strategies |
| Creating land banks | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Taking security risks | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Conducting reservoir studies of disease vectors | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Fostering regional understanding | G: Very Specific strategies |
| Existence | T: Strategy types or complexes |
| Establishing international exchange networks on conservation technologies | E: Emanations of other strategies |
| Recognizing leaders | G: Very Specific strategies |