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
Reducing nuisance organisms D: Detailed strategies
Influencing mainstream publications K: Provisional strategies
Stating A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Removing mustiness G: Very Specific strategies
Facilitating transfer of marine pollution control technology to developing countries E: Emanations of other strategies
Questioning facts J: Unconfirmed strategies
Abstaining from patient participation in medical decision-making G: Very Specific strategies
Wasting domestic water J: Unconfirmed strategies
Using fear of nature J: Unconfirmed strategies
Wronging A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Preparing national action plans for implementing Agenda 21 E: Emanations of other strategies
Banning associations G: Very Specific strategies
Delaying publication of documents G: Very Specific strategies
Humanism D: Detailed strategies
Valuing housework in national accounts G: Very Specific strategies
Exposing insurance scandal G: Very Specific strategies
Funding architectural restoration E: Emanations of other strategies
Regulating economic resource availability J: Unconfirmed strategies
Acknowledging social problems J: Unconfirmed strategies
Deterring crime with legal information G: Very Specific strategies
Studying micronutrient deficiencies G: Very Specific strategies
Studying occupational diseases E: Emanations of other strategies
Producing musicals G: Very Specific strategies
Mining quarries G: Very Specific strategies
Taking advantage of voter disillusionment J: Unconfirmed strategies
Using linguistic analogy G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing soilless agriculture G: Very Specific strategies
Increasing women as decision-makers in sustainable development policies and programmes G: Very Specific strategies
Taking farm labour J: Unconfirmed strategies
Constructing intelligent buildings E: Emanations of other strategies
Developing community beauty standards G: Very Specific strategies
Initiating social reflection G: Very Specific strategies
Testing materials D: Detailed strategies
Making religious sacrifice G: Very Specific strategies
Punishing vandals J: Unconfirmed strategies
Increasing personal faith G: Very Specific strategies
Developing purchasing policy J: Unconfirmed strategies
Engaging in rivalry between security services G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing selfhood styles G: Very Specific strategies
Advancing legal education G: Very Specific strategies
Encouraging indepth cultural skills G: Very Specific strategies
Promoting park and ride schemes G: Very Specific strategies
Testing environmental contamination C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Formulating domestic macroeconomic policies G: Very Specific strategies
Reducing military rivalry G: Very Specific strategies
Supporting common welfare G: Very Specific strategies
Hunting down people E: Emanations of other strategies
Supporting spouse relations G: Very Specific strategies
Applying sustainable development indicators for the global commons G: Very Specific strategies
Relieving scarcity of permanent employment G: Very Specific strategies

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