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
Rejecting rituals G: Very Specific strategies
Monitoring environmental pollution due to over-population G: Very Specific strategies
Repairing social networks C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Returning radioactive waste to the supplier for safe storage or disposal E: Emanations of other strategies
Preventing urban crime D: Detailed strategies
Reducing financial security requirements G: Very Specific strategies
Assigning symbolic tasks G: Very Specific strategies
Reorienting military personnel F: Exceptional strategies
Engaging significant communication G: Very Specific strategies
Locating job training opportunities G: Very Specific strategies
Fighting the good fight J: Unconfirmed strategies
Ordaining women D: Detailed strategies
Improving hospital hygiene G: Very Specific strategies
Promulgating A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Using environmental assessment components in economic valuations E: Emanations of other strategies
Instituting global representation D: Detailed strategies
Reducing legal discrimination in favour of offenders G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing self-image F: Exceptional strategies
Assuring consistent pupil presence G: Very Specific strategies
Assuring complete indoor plumbing K: Provisional strategies
Obtaining private sector support G: Very Specific strategies
Improving government control of military J: Unconfirmed strategies
Practising Feng Shui G: Very Specific strategies
Drafting legislation G: Very Specific strategies
Assessing costs and financing to change consumption patterns G: Very Specific strategies
Exposing vindictive litigation J: Unconfirmed strategies
Promoting adolescent health E: Emanations of other strategies
Integrating into the international market G: Very Specific strategies
Providing emergency waste disposal K: Provisional strategies
Decentralizing administration D: Detailed strategies
Integrating risk assessment G: Very Specific strategies
Marketing green products F: Exceptional strategies
Exercising rights G: Very Specific strategies
Studying social insects E: Emanations of other strategies
Rehabilitating animals J: Unconfirmed strategies
Keeping official population record G: Very Specific strategies
Ensuring greater international security G: Very Specific strategies
Preaching the word of god F: Exceptional strategies
Training media staff G: Very Specific strategies
Studying criminal law E: Emanations of other strategies
Localizing A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Establishing global network of meteorological stations G: Very Specific strategies
Ideologizing D: Detailed strategies
Developing European cultural identity G: Very Specific strategies
Developing institutional libraries G: Very Specific strategies
Initiating extended transport system G: Very Specific strategies
Levering A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Undermanning of equipment G: Very Specific strategies
Maintaining ecological flows C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Harmonizing internal systems of law G: Very Specific strategies

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