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A high profile thought experiment asks leading scholars to make cases for spending additional aid money to combat major world problems.
List of contents
Introduction Bjørn Lomborg; Part I. The Solutions: 1. Armed conflicts J. Paul Dunne; 1.1 Alternative perspective Anke Hoeffler; 1.2 Alternative perspective Andrew Mack; 2. The challenge of ecosystems and biodiversity Salman Hussain, Anil Markandya, Luke Brander, Alistair McVittie, Rudolf de Groot, Olivier Vardakoulias, Alfred Wagtendonk and Peter H. Verburg; 2.1 Alternative perspective Juha V. Siikamäki; 2.2 Alternative perspective John C. Whitehead and Paul E. Chambers; 3. Chronic disease prevention and control Prabhat Jha, Rachel Nugent, Stéphane Verguet, David Bloom and Ryan Hum; 3.1 Alternative perspective Julia Fox-Rushby; 3.2 Alternative perspective Marc Suhrcke; 4. Climate change: CO2 abatement Richard S. J. Tol; Technology-led mitigation Isabel Galiana and Christopher Green; Climate-engineering R&D J. Eric Bickel and Lee Lane; Climate-change adaptation Francesco Bosello, Carlo Carraro and Enrica De Cian; 4.1 Alternative perspective Samuel Fankhauser; 4.2 Alternative perspective Anil Markandya; 5. Education: the case for improving school quality and student health as a development strategy Peter F. Orazem; 5.1. Alternative perspective Lant Pritchett; 5.2 Alternative perspective George Psacharopoulos; 6. Hunger and malnutrition: investments to reduce hunger and undernutrition John Hoddinott, Mark Rosegrant and Maximo Torero; 6.1 Alternative perspective Anil B. Deolalikar; 6.2 Alternative perspective Beatrice Lorge Rogers; 7. Infectious disease, injury, and reproductive health Dean T. Jamison, Prabhat Jha, Ramanan Laxminarayan and Toby Ord; 7.1 Alternative perspective Till Bärnighausen, David Bloom and Salal Humair; 7.2 Alternative perspective David Canning; 8. Policy options for reducing losses from natural disasters: allocating $75 billion Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan; 8.1 Alternative perspective Stéphane Hallegatte; 8.2 Alternative perspective Ilan Noy; 9. Population growth Hans-Peter Kohler; 9.1 Alternative perspective Oded Galor; 9.2 Alternative perspective David Lam; 10. Water and sanitation Frank Rijsberman and Alix Peterson Zwane; 10.1 Alternative perspective W. Michael Hanemann; 10.2 Alternative perspective Guy Hutton; 11. Corruption and policy reform Susan Rose-Ackerman and Rory Truex; 12. Trade barriers and subsidies: multilateral and regional reform opportunities Kym Anderson; Part II. Ranking the Opportunities: Expert Panel Ranking Finn E. Kydland, Robert Mundell, Thomas Schelling, Vernon Smith and Nancy Stokey; Conclusion: making your own prioritisation Bjørn Lomborg; Index.
About the author
Bjørn Lomborg is Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School. He is the author of the controversial bestseller, The Skeptical Environmentalist (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and was named one of the 'top 100 global thinkers' by Foreign Policy magazine in 2010 and 2011, one of the world's '100 most influential people' by Time and one of the '50 people who could save the planet' by The Guardian.
Summary
Bjørn Lomborg invites more than 50 expert authors to decide how best to spend a hypothetical $75 billion of aid money to combat twelve major global problems. This thought-provoking book challenges readers to form their own opinions and prioritize: resources are limited and some solutions are smarter than others.
