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
Dividing loyalties J: Unconfirmed strategies
Being controversial F: Exceptional strategies
Predicting variability in crop yields G: Very Specific strategies
Strengthening legal status of plant genetic resources for agriculture E: Emanations of other strategies
Disrupting arid zone ecosystems G: Very Specific strategies
Facilitating cooperation among institutions concerning transport economy G: Very Specific strategies
Distancing A: Abstract fundamental strategies
Strengthening community-based land resource protection D: Detailed strategies
Providing fair shipping practices G: Very Specific strategies
Preparing for realities of drug-resistant microbes J: Unconfirmed strategies
Improving human environment G: Very Specific strategies
Engaging in national development E: Emanations of other strategies
Liberalizing trade in services E: Emanations of other strategies
Owning property G: Very Specific strategies
Reporting suspicious incidents E: Emanations of other strategies
Promoting flat earth G: Very Specific strategies
Expressing concerned with health G: Very Specific strategies
Encouraging private sector management of housing G: Very Specific strategies
Using fossil fuel more efficiently D: Detailed strategies
Respecting domestic priorities of another culture J: Unconfirmed strategies
Planning for subsistence G: Very Specific strategies
Beautifying holy spaces G: Very Specific strategies
Developing personal contacts among family sociologists G: Very Specific strategies
Increasing effectiveness of leaders E: Emanations of other strategies
Providing public land management agencies with modern computer and survey equipment G: Very Specific strategies
Abstaining from community planning in company towns G: Very Specific strategies
Manipulating civic education G: Very Specific strategies
Establishing legal aid societies J: Unconfirmed strategies
Studying business history G: Very Specific strategies
Supporting very small scale economic activities E: Emanations of other strategies
Denying right to reasonable work hours G: Very Specific strategies
Legislating water use D: Detailed strategies
Enabling optimum individual attention J: Unconfirmed strategies
Improving national capabilities for monitoring wastes F: Exceptional strategies
Improving shelter C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Developing ethnobiology D: Detailed strategies
Relieving misery C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Improving capacity for national development C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Conducting special military operations E: Emanations of other strategies
Being a religious volunteer F: Exceptional strategies
Advocating cooperation and diplomacy in international political alliances F: Exceptional strategies
Providing sufficient economic and technical development E: Emanations of other strategies
Detaining E: Emanations of other strategies
Supporting geographic distribution D: Detailed strategies
Claiming equal rights for primates D: Detailed strategies
Providing incentives for managers E: Emanations of other strategies
Supplying economic consultative services G: Very Specific strategies
Providing transport services D: Detailed strategies
Freeing up availability of land for low-income and disadvantaged groups E: Emanations of other strategies
Preserving inequality between North and South E: Emanations of other strategies

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