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
Farming C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Unacknowledging detention G: Very Specific strategies
Maintaining biodiversity of marine species D: Detailed strategies
Preparing seedlings for transplant G: Very Specific strategies
Preferring unconventional people J: Unconfirmed strategies
Disobeying military command J: Unconfirmed strategies
Using existing transport G: Very Specific strategies
Improving international research on climate change E: Emanations of other strategies
Supporting new highly sophisticated technologies G: Very Specific strategies
Repressing economically G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing nuclear safety standards G: Very Specific strategies
Using illicit narcotic drugs G: Very Specific strategies
Limiting preschool equipment J: Unconfirmed strategies
Self-regulating C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Preventing terrorism E: Emanations of other strategies
Using available food sources G: Very Specific strategies
Regulating food standards E: Emanations of other strategies
Being hypocritical F: Exceptional strategies
Improving use of language E: Emanations of other strategies
Holding cursillo D: Detailed strategies
Befriending A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Falsely declaring ill-treatment D: Detailed strategies
Observing contractual terms of payments J: Unconfirmed strategies
Producing energy-efficient appliances E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing fair dismissal G: Very Specific strategies
Assessing needs-resources F: Exceptional strategies
Studying post-harvest diseases of crops G: Very Specific strategies
Improving food production systems G: Very Specific strategies
Preserving face J: Unconfirmed strategies
Using demand side management D: Detailed strategies
Testing drugs E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing creative after-school activities G: Very Specific strategies
Twinning institutions E: Emanations of other strategies
Protesting intrusion of advertising into education J: Unconfirmed strategies
Monitoring environmental effects of transboundary air pollution E: Emanations of other strategies
Promoting international circulation of the press G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing professional discrimination G: Very Specific strategies
Distributing practical farm expertise G: Very Specific strategies
Teaching decision-making and problem-solving skills G: Very Specific strategies
Increasing nobility G: Very Specific strategies
Encouraging competition between states G: Very Specific strategies
Regulating contaminants G: Very Specific strategies
Concentrating of business enterprises G: Very Specific strategies
Exchanging journalists J: Unconfirmed strategies
Enlarging community social vision D: Detailed strategies
Developing safety procedures for the transfer and use of biotechnology E: Emanations of other strategies
Selectively killing female infants G: Very Specific strategies
Self-regulating scientific practice G: Very Specific strategies
Opposing nuclear energy generation D: Detailed strategies
Regulating agricultural research D: Detailed strategies

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