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
Facilitating exchange on training for sustainability G: Very Specific strategies
Developing effective home management D: Detailed strategies
Eating humanely E: Emanations of other strategies
Symbolism D: Detailed strategies
Converting land to crops G: Very Specific strategies
Distributing databases E: Emanations of other strategies
Furnishing vital community equipment D: Detailed strategies
Affirming motherhood C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Providing sufficient economic and technical development E: Emanations of other strategies
Dispersing A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Strengthening women's NGOs and groups for sustainable development G: Very Specific strategies
Studying social changes E: Emanations of other strategies
Representing public enterprises G: Very Specific strategies
Providing training on low-cost waste collection and disposal options G: Very Specific strategies
Improving objectivity of institutions G: Very Specific strategies
Supporting choirs E: Emanations of other strategies
Supporting medical research E: Emanations of other strategies
Preparing new primary students G: Very Specific strategies
Increasing scale of farms J: Unconfirmed strategies
Increasing available harvesting potential G: Very Specific strategies
Freeing up availability of public services in small towns E: Emanations of other strategies
Undertaking ethical shoplifting F: Exceptional strategies
Conserving Sumatran montane forest ecoregion E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing training on chemical classification and labelling systems G: Very Specific strategies
Reinforcing networks on marine coastal processes D: Detailed strategies
Increasing productivity of local investments J: Unconfirmed strategies
Using glamourization J: Unconfirmed strategies
Upgrading technical skills in small construction enterprises D: Detailed strategies
Reporting negligence by water resource experts G: Very Specific strategies
Increasing effectiveness of civil service G: Very Specific strategies
Indexing penalties G: Very Specific strategies
Devising work study plans J: Unconfirmed strategies
Sharing common farming costs J: Unconfirmed strategies
Neutralizing bad feng shui G: Very Specific strategies
Enabling common understanding of social rules J: Unconfirmed strategies
Time T: Strategy types or complexes
Reducing work stress E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing alternatives to traditional welfare G: Very Specific strategies
Professionalizing research workers G: Very Specific strategies
Apologizing F: Exceptional strategies
Informing about radiology E: Emanations of other strategies
Updating living patterns G: Very Specific strategies
Rewarding A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Cultivating steep slopes G: Very Specific strategies
Preserving traditional personal names G: Very Specific strategies
Finding religious meaning F: Exceptional strategies
Applying for patent protection G: Very Specific strategies
Holding personal convictions J: Unconfirmed strategies
Reusing A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Guiding community monetary flow G: Very Specific strategies

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