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
Cultivating duality G: Very Specific strategies
Combating fraud against governments G: Very Specific strategies
Encouraging donor evaluations G: Very Specific strategies
Improving adequacy of large buildings G: Very Specific strategies
Using oil shale as an energy source G: Very Specific strategies
Conserving Terai-Duar savanna and grassland ecoregion E: Emanations of other strategies
Suppressing information concerning social problems D: Detailed strategies
Coping with climatic conditions G: Very Specific strategies
Developing training materials for local government G: Very Specific strategies
Including sustainable development issues in curricula and training programmes for journalists G: Very Specific strategies
Reporting detentions G: Very Specific strategies
Escalating international crisis G: Very Specific strategies
Decorating and painting E: Emanations of other strategies
Promotion of rights of indigenous tribal workers D: Detailed strategies
Reducing amount of wasted foreign aid J: Unconfirmed strategies
Enhancing industrial wages G: Very Specific strategies
Defending free speech D: Detailed strategies
Assisting technically G: Very Specific strategies
Seeking necessary financial assistance E: Emanations of other strategies
Politicizing human rights issues within the United Nations E: Emanations of other strategies
Twinning territories J: Unconfirmed strategies
Smelling bad G: Very Specific strategies
Building additional schooling shelters G: Very Specific strategies
Using traditional law E: Emanations of other strategies
Investigating murder of foreign correspondents J: Unconfirmed strategies
Monitoring effects of air pollution on human health E: Emanations of other strategies
Fixing common customs and tariffs E: Emanations of other strategies
Improving local cattle stock K: Provisional strategies
Applying internationally recognized standards E: Emanations of other strategies
Structuring distribution maintenance D: Detailed strategies
Monitoring chemical residues in food G: Very Specific strategies
Promoting mutual respect between Christians and Jews G: Very Specific strategies
Operating third world network D: Detailed strategies
Promoting homosexuality in schools E: Emanations of other strategies
Updating methods of agricultural production D: Detailed strategies
Reducing investment in small, inner-city enterprises J: Unconfirmed strategies
Preserving youth engagement G: Very Specific strategies
Developing hand pumps G: Very Specific strategies
Protecting echinodermata E: Emanations of other strategies
Influencing government policy K: Provisional strategies
Conserving Philippine moist forest ecoregion E: Emanations of other strategies
Requiring new methodological approaches to human understanding E: Emanations of other strategies
Improving land and water management by farmers in arid regions E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing basic curriculum materials J: Unconfirmed strategies
Providing sufficient tools E: Emanations of other strategies
Expanding international programmes for mitigating effects of drought G: Very Specific strategies
Accelerating international postage systems G: Very Specific strategies
Creating educational policy G: Very Specific strategies
Opting for self knowledge D: Detailed strategies
Creating free trade zones D: Detailed strategies

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