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
Discovering community gatherings G: Very Specific strategies
Creating databases on the environmental impacts of building materials E: Emanations of other strategies
Making full use of external relations F: Exceptional strategies
Illuminating possibilities for resource use E: Emanations of other strategies
Testing cultural relevance G: Very Specific strategies
Applying medicinal chemicals G: Very Specific strategies
Gaining professional qualification G: Very Specific strategies
Conserving Sahelian flooded savanna ecoregion E: Emanations of other strategies
Strengthening education programmes for all water resource staff E: Emanations of other strategies
Financing through capitalist investment G: Very Specific strategies
Reporting disastrous accidents G: Very Specific strategies
Taking occupational risks D: Detailed strategies
Training early education teachers G: Very Specific strategies
Balancing payments J: Unconfirmed strategies
Improving quality of education E: Emanations of other strategies
Conserving vulnerable vegetable germplasm E: Emanations of other strategies
Organizing tournaments G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing incidence of respiratory infections E: Emanations of other strategies
Wasting domestic water J: Unconfirmed strategies
Widening all transportation channels G: Very Specific strategies
Limiting health knowledge G: Very Specific strategies
Integrating territories J: Unconfirmed strategies
Promoting investment in developing countries D: Detailed strategies
Distorting international trade by discriminatory preference agreements G: Very Specific strategies
Suggesting social choice priorities D: Detailed strategies
Improving management of government finances D: Detailed strategies
Separating blood components G: Very Specific strategies
Buttressing defence capabilities J: Unconfirmed strategies
Preventing child deaths K: Provisional strategies
Providing practical transportation means G: Very Specific strategies
Producing films E: Emanations of other strategies
Cleaning up abandoned military sites G: Very Specific strategies
Exploiting oceans J: Unconfirmed strategies
Using ugliness G: Very Specific strategies
Banning disposal of low level radioactive waste at sea E: Emanations of other strategies
Improving ties with other countries F: Exceptional strategies
Burdening-Relieving P: Strategy polarities
Educational cramming D: Detailed strategies
Upgrading technology in the informal sector E: Emanations of other strategies
Using internet for strategic defence E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing whaling industry G: Very Specific strategies
Purchasing textiles G: Very Specific strategies
Assessing costs to improve human settlements planning F: Exceptional strategies
Encouraging family planning schemes E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing guaranteed credits D: Detailed strategies
Accepting inevitability of change J: Unconfirmed strategies
Interconnecting energy networks G: Very Specific strategies
Delineating job allocations J: Unconfirmed strategies
Assessing effects of ozone layer depletion on plants F: Exceptional strategies
Informing about animal sanitation G: Very Specific strategies

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