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
Dumping toxic waste G: Very Specific strategies
Extending public transport availability to less-populated areas D: Detailed strategies
Interconnecting power systems G: Very Specific strategies
Choosing indigenous breeds for development D: Detailed strategies
Extending island external relations G: Very Specific strategies
Promoting voluntary surgical contraception G: Very Specific strategies
Developing air freight transport G: Very Specific strategies
Making clothing store contracts G: Very Specific strategies
Reporting malpractice of expert meteorologists G: Very Specific strategies
Offering adequate emphasis F: Exceptional strategies
Conserving New Guinea outer islands/Solomon Islands moist forest ecoregion E: Emanations of other strategies
Standardizing fruit juices G: Very Specific strategies
Politicizing international sports events E: Emanations of other strategies
Using arts E: Emanations of other strategies
Preparing species management plans E: Emanations of other strategies
Squatting D: Detailed strategies
Promoting contacts among scientists E: Emanations of other strategies
Controlling application of technology E: Emanations of other strategies
Employing traditional domestic skills G: Very Specific strategies
Undertaking Latin American studies G: Very Specific strategies
Overcoming shyness G: Very Specific strategies
Designating A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Disseminating A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Facilitating interaction among women G: Very Specific strategies
Growing coffee E: Emanations of other strategies
Expanding agriculture market methods F: Exceptional strategies
Developing national strategies for sustainability C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Baffling G: Very Specific strategies
Forcing marriage G: Very Specific strategies
Discerning trends in production forces D: Detailed strategies
Assessing influence of the age structure of population on sustainable development F: Exceptional strategies
Formulating international accounting standards G: Very Specific strategies
Growing narcotic crops D: Detailed strategies
Conserving woodland habitats G: Very Specific strategies
Networking international peers K: Provisional strategies
Distributing information on government affairs E: Emanations of other strategies
Envisioning One Earth D: Detailed strategies
Institutionalizing economic dictatorship F: Exceptional strategies
Constructing permanent retail buildings G: Very Specific strategies
Preventing nuclear terrorism E: Emanations of other strategies
Reinforcing democratic processes by institutionalized lobbying K: Provisional strategies
Breaking down rigidities which inhibit technological innovation E: Emanations of other strategies
Devaluing cultural heritage J: Unconfirmed strategies
Utilizing defoliants D: Detailed strategies
Exhibiting living animals G: Very Specific strategies
Using bureaucratic aggression G: Very Specific strategies
Implementing development policy F: Exceptional strategies
Strengthening monopolized land ownership J: Unconfirmed strategies
Writing C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Vagabond R: Strategy roles

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