| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 442 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Financial instability / Peter Blair Henry -- Lack of intellectual property rights / Keith E. Maskus -- Money laundering / Donato Masciandaro -- Subsidies and trade barriers / Kym Anderson -- Air pollution / Guy Hutton -- Climate change / Gary Yohe -- Deforestation / Henk Folmer and G. Cornelis van Kooten -- Land degradation / Ian Coxhead and Ragnar Øygard -- Economics of biodiversity loss / Dan Biller -- Vulnerability to natural disasters / Roger A. Pielke, Jr. -- Arms proliferation / J. Paul Dunne -- Conflicts / Paul Collier -- Corruption / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Lack of education / Peter F. Orazem -- Terrorism / Daniel Linotte -- Drugs / Jeffrey A. Miron -- Disease control / Dean T. Jamison -- Lack of people of working age / Robert E. Wright and Katerina Lisenkova -- Living conditions of children / Harry Anthony Patrinos -- Living conditions of women / Brinda Viswanathan -- Hunger and malnutrition / Jere R. Behrman, Harold Alderman and John Hoddinott -- Unsafe water and lack of sanitation / Guy Hutton -- Population: migration / Michael J. Greenwood -- Conclusion: Making your own prioritization / Bjørn Lomborg. |
| Summary |
This title offers a rigorous overview of 23 of the world's biggest problems relating to the environment, governance, economics, and health and population. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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International cooperation.
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International cooperation. |
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Cost effectiveness.
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Cost effectiveness. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Solutions for the world's biggest problems. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521715973 0521715970 (DLC) 2008295162 (OCoLC)165408072 |
| ISBN |
9780511367854 (electronic book) |
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0511367856 (electronic book) |
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0511366647 |
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9780511366642 |
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9780511364235 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511364237 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511493560 (ebook) |
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0511493568 (ebook) |
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9780521715973 (paperback) |
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0521715970 (paperback) |
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9780521887724 (hardback) |
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9780511366017 |
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0521887720 (hardback) |
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