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
Monitoring groundwater pollution G: Very Specific strategies
Respecting unwillingness to make difficult decisions G: Very Specific strategies
Encouraging universal participation in the Global Environment Facility E: Emanations of other strategies
Insider dealing G: Very Specific strategies
Fostering inter-community interchange G: Very Specific strategies
Forcing eviction D: Detailed strategies
Banning cigarette advertising E: Emanations of other strategies
Objectifying-Internalizing P: Strategy polarities
Punishing ideological offences J: Unconfirmed strategies
Being defensive G: Very Specific strategies
Trivializing design of public buildings G: Very Specific strategies
Mining D: Detailed strategies
Creating networks G: Very Specific strategies
Extending family produce output G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing sulphur dioxide emissions D: Detailed strategies
Stabilizing production of food and live animals G: Very Specific strategies
Assessing health programmes G: Very Specific strategies
Protecting privacy of personal data E: Emanations of other strategies
Recovering from Western Civilization J: Unconfirmed strategies
Strengthening programmes to control sewage discharge E: Emanations of other strategies
Reconciling spirit and matter F: Exceptional strategies
Researching causes of male sterility E: Emanations of other strategies
Freeing worldwide trade G: Very Specific strategies
Affirming glamour J: Unconfirmed strategies
Providing guard services C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Attacking refugee camps and settlements E: Emanations of other strategies
Bettering educational systems G: Very Specific strategies
Assessing influence of the age structure of population on sustainable development F: Exceptional strategies
Playing sport D: Detailed strategies
Researching intellectual property rights G: Very Specific strategies
Removing perverse subsidies affecting biodiversity G: Very Specific strategies
Compensating workers for unfair dismissal G: Very Specific strategies
Organizing knowledge B: Basic universal strategies
Developing programmes E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing daily mail service G: Very Specific strategies
Merging A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Providing engineering insurances K: Provisional strategies
Researching studies E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing fair courts J: Unconfirmed strategies
Providing policy information services E: Emanations of other strategies
Removing unnatural barriers to movement of natural populations E: Emanations of other strategies
Prohibiting destructive fishing practices D: Detailed strategies
Strengthening national plans for improving planted forests E: Emanations of other strategies
Facing poverty G: Very Specific strategies
Taking trade union action R: Strategy roles
Generating broad-based local support G: Very Specific strategies
Enabling intensifying ceremonies G: Very Specific strategies
Running illegal industries G: Very Specific strategies
Insuring occupational dangers G: Very Specific strategies
Developing intersectoral data banks D: Detailed strategies

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