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
Honorary office-holder R: Strategy roles
Procuring goods G: Very Specific strategies
Regionalizing pollution G: Very Specific strategies
Using unemployment F: Exceptional strategies
Using databases D: Detailed strategies
Providing sufficient individual development J: Unconfirmed strategies
Cohousing D: Detailed strategies
Promoting literacy and reading E: Emanations of other strategies
Increasing amount F: Exceptional strategies
Delegating B: Basic universal strategies
Teaching physics G: Very Specific strategies
Ensuring information system integrity G: Very Specific strategies
Using plant genetic resources E: Emanations of other strategies
Researching strategies E: Emanations of other strategies
Corrupting A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Studying diseases of the digestive system E: Emanations of other strategies
Training soil scientists G: Very Specific strategies
Adapting environmental policies to changes in production and trade G: Very Specific strategies
Degrading climate E: Emanations of other strategies
Drawing up racing rules G: Very Specific strategies
Strengthening national capacities for conservation of marine living resources E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing phycology G: Very Specific strategies
Developing transport infrastructures D: Detailed strategies
Abstaining from access to cultural heritage G: Very Specific strategies
Studying diseases of the genito-urinary system E: Emanations of other strategies
Breaking down personal isolation in modern communities E: Emanations of other strategies
Limiting local respect for regional and global legislation E: Emanations of other strategies
Building environmental partnerships D: Detailed strategies
Concurring A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Coping with inadequate residential housing in rural communities G: Very Specific strategies
Gathering resource data C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Creating high-level advisory board of eminent persons knowledgeable about environment and development G: Very Specific strategies
Regulating armaments G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing intervals between pregnancies G: Very Specific strategies
Operating A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Disseminating favourable public image F: Exceptional strategies
Developing public libraries E: Emanations of other strategies
Expanding consumer choice F: Exceptional strategies
Designing lively public spaces G: Very Specific strategies
Performing tests G: Very Specific strategies
Lying to children G: Very Specific strategies
Studying recidivism G: Very Specific strategies
Expanding political views J: Unconfirmed strategies
Overriding rights to common property J: Unconfirmed strategies
Disseminating arts C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Promoting more productive agriculture G: Very Specific strategies
Introducing art forms G: Very Specific strategies
Articulating system of derived legal powers G: Very Specific strategies
Enabling private sector lending E: Emanations of other strategies
Relaxing institutional preoccupation with obsolete problems J: Unconfirmed strategies

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