Global Crises, Global Solutions
Global Crises, Global Solutions 2009 - new edition
Global Crises, Global Solutions: Costs and Benefits was published on Aug 31, 2009 by Cambridge University Press
Hardback, ISBN-13: 9780521517218 Paperback, ISBN-13: 9780521741224
Editorial reviews:
"Especially recommended reading for government employees, non-governmental organizations, students of public policy and applied economics, and any individual with a direct personal or professional interest in global development issues." BOOKWATCH
Product Description
The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. If we had more money to spend to help the world's poorest people, where could we spend it most effectively? Using a common framework of cost-benefit analysis a team of leading economists, including five Nobel prize winners, assess the attractiveness of a wide range of policy options for combating ten of the world's biggest problems: Air pollution, Conflicts, Diseases, Education, Global Warming, Malnutrition and Hunger, Sanitation and Clean Water, Subsidies and Trade Barriers, Terrorism, Women and Development. The arguments are clearly presented and fully referenced so that readers are encouraged to make their own evaluation of the menu of policy options on offer. Whether you agree or disagree with the economists' conclusions, there is a wealth of data and ideas to discuss and debate!
Book Description
The world's poorest people face many pressing problems from disease and malnutrition, through to conflict and climate change. How can the world best spend money to help resolve these problems? This book offers an authoritative and thought-provoking assessment of the costs and benefits of a menu of options.
Contributors: Bjørn Lomborg, Bjørn Larsen, Guy Hutton, Neha Khanna, Jitendra Shah, Paul Collier, Lisa Chauvet, Haavard Hegre, Ibrahim A. Elbadawi, Andrew Mack, Dean T. Jamison, Prabhat Jha, David Bloom, David Canning, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Peter F. Orazem, Paul Glewwe, Harry Patrinos, Victor Lavy, Lant Pritchett, Gary W. Yohe, Richard G. Richels, Richard S. J. Tol, Geoffrey J. Blanford, Chris Green, Anil Markandya, Sue Horton, Harald Alderman, Juan A. Rivera, Reynaldo Martorell, Anil B. Deolalikar, Dale Whittington, W. Michael Hannemann, Claudia Sadoff, Marc Jeuland, Jenna Davis, Frank Rijsberman, Alix Peterson Zwane, Kym Anderson, L. Alan Winters, Alan V. Deardorff, Anthony J. Venables, Todd Sandler, Daniel G. Arce, Walter Enders, S. Brock Blomberg, Michael D. Intriligator, Elizabeth M. King, Stephan Klasen, Maria Porter, Lawrence Haddad, Aysit Tansel, Jagdish Bhagwati, François Bourguigno, Finn E. Kydland, Robert Mundell, Douglass North, Thomas Schelling, Vernon L. Smith, Nancy Stokey
