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
Profaning G: Very Specific strategies
Affirming positive social impacts of economic restructuring E: Emanations of other strategies
Strengthening public finance policies C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Freeing up labour laws G: Very Specific strategies
Distributing wealth among countries G: Very Specific strategies
Increasing productivity of material resources C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Making profit E: Emanations of other strategies
Increasing land supply by fiscal means G: Very Specific strategies
Increasing product use intensity E: Emanations of other strategies
Politicizing education J: Unconfirmed strategies
Protecting against hazardous siting of dwellings G: Very Specific strategies
Having bad debts G: Very Specific strategies
Enriching social activities groups G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing monitoring stations for transboundary air pollution E: Emanations of other strategies
Facilitating communications E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing webcasting E: Emanations of other strategies
Educating industrial mathematicians G: Very Specific strategies
Limiting commodity futures trading J: Unconfirmed strategies
Conserving Lesser Sundas dry and monsoon forest ecoregion E: Emanations of other strategies
Networking the environment and development arena E: Emanations of other strategies
Cooperating through state trading organizations G: Very Specific strategies
Valuing community service G: Very Specific strategies
Fostering common community interchange G: Very Specific strategies
Setting quality criteria for agricultural water use E: Emanations of other strategies
Indulging in food fads J: Unconfirmed strategies
Improving personal hygiene G: Very Specific strategies
Supporting developing country effort to provide shelter to the poor E: Emanations of other strategies
Strengthening legal status of plant genetic resources for agriculture E: Emanations of other strategies
Cautioning D: Detailed strategies
Considering medium-term debt reduction of debtor countries E: Emanations of other strategies
Linking national educational information agencies G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing expert consultation network G: Very Specific strategies
Assessing high seas resources potential F: Exceptional strategies
Maintaining distribution system E: Emanations of other strategies
Asserting property rights E: Emanations of other strategies
Investigating planets using satellites K: Provisional strategies
Growing marketable indoor produce G: Very Specific strategies
Stabilizing rain-fed croplands G: Very Specific strategies
Strengthening policies C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Developing postal services G: Very Specific strategies
Collating A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Expelling C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Struggling for existence J: Unconfirmed strategies
Preserving family role in society G: Very Specific strategies
Treating drug addiction E: Emanations of other strategies
Protecting hunting of protected and endangered species G: Very Specific strategies
Risking unintentional nuclear war due to international crises G: Very Specific strategies
Envisioning future health scenarios G: Very Specific strategies
Assuring necessary credit levels to maintain production G: Very Specific strategies
Holding annual chess championships G: Very Specific strategies

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