strategy
Improving allocation of resources
Synonyms:
Designing product allocation systemsInventing resource allocation designs
Structuring allocation systems to anticipate demand
Improving efficiency in the allocation of resources
Context:
All countries should develop policies that improve efficiency in the allocation of resources and take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the changing global economic environment.This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
Claim:
In order to allocate efficiently in the market place, smaller, more accountable companies are needed. Narrower:
Sharing waterAllocating aid more fairlyDetermining cost factorsLocating market indicatorsAllocating resource surplusesCreating production schedulesImproving natural resource useDistributing medical resourcesIntensifying existing resource useSharing international water resourcesRe-orienting attitudes to resource allocationRegulating mode of allocation of social benefitsImplementing land reformRedressing differences in allocation of resources Constrains:
Specifying employment levelsOutlining multifold requirementsDefining time factors in industry Facilitates:
Allocating external aidReducing product weightDemanding trained personnelReducing agricultural surplusesSustaining industrial innovationProviding new production possibilitiesInforming production management patternsMobilizing financial resources for shelterContinuing development of production operations Facilitated by:
Creating futures marketsDemanding management inputMaintaining production systems Maintaining distribution systemEstablishing international legal orderDescribing need for production schemesRequiring resource planning prioritiesRequiring resource planning prioritiesSetting supply and demand requirements for economic goodsDesignating responsibility for financial resource development Problems:
Worldwide misallocation of resourcesValues:
OverdemandEfficiencyInefficiency Subjects:
Resources → Resources Industry → Products
Cybernetics → Cybernetics
→ Systems
Development → Reform
Design → Design
Invention → Invention
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
