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
Developing regional studies D: Detailed strategies
Preventing tropical deforestation C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Controlling pollution C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Assigning authority for national environmental health action plans E: Emanations of other strategies
Integrating management of water quality and quantity G: Very Specific strategies
Regulating investments C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Disseminating expression of rights G: Very Specific strategies
Articulating simple restoration scheme G: Very Specific strategies
Practising self-control G: Very Specific strategies
Providing humanitarian aid to refugees C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Advancing family planning D: Detailed strategies
Overcoming debilitating situations E: Emanations of other strategies
Rejecting impractical notions G: Very Specific strategies
Doing applied research G: Very Specific strategies
Concentrating on technical cooperation on problems G: Very Specific strategies
Costing inaction F: Exceptional strategies
Managing urban wastes D: Detailed strategies
Opening low capital industry G: Very Specific strategies
Maintaining authoritative precedents D: Detailed strategies
Using false qualifications D: Detailed strategies
Using feelings of shame for growth G: Very Specific strategies
Robbing graves G: Very Specific strategies
Training high level personnel G: Very Specific strategies
Broadcasting current island events G: Very Specific strategies
Motivating local concern G: Very Specific strategies
Improving government control of military J: Unconfirmed strategies
Recognizing women's role as environmental managers G: Very Specific strategies
Running residential waste underground G: Very Specific strategies
Undervaluing housework in national accounts J: Unconfirmed strategies
Reducing animal excrement in urban environments J: Unconfirmed strategies
Giving practical grounding to understanding final meanings E: Emanations of other strategies
Improving medical care for sufferers of cystic fibrosis E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing rural housing D: Detailed strategies
Awakening memories J: Unconfirmed strategies
Committing ritual murder G: Very Specific strategies
Mobilizing financial resources for shelter D: Detailed strategies
Limiting national languages G: Very Specific strategies
Killing deformed animals G: Very Specific strategies
Receiving A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Threatening national security D: Detailed strategies
Engaging active leadership J: Unconfirmed strategies
Promoting regional peace G: Very Specific strategies
Accelerating national economic growth E: Emanations of other strategies
Coordinating research planning B: Basic universal strategies
Being rigid J: Unconfirmed strategies
Promoting interests of children D: Detailed strategies
Reducing sexist discrimination in epistemology G: Very Specific strategies
Limiting government support D: Detailed strategies
Conducting public education programmes on drinking water supply and sanitation G: Very Specific strategies
Changing consciousness F: Exceptional strategies

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