Development

Wenn die Vereinten Nationen ihre Entwicklungshilfe auf wenige Ziele, dafür aber genauer ausrichten würden, könnten sie erheblich mehr bewirken als mit ihren bisherigen Plänen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern des Projektes „Kopenhagener Konsens“.nn die Vereinten Nationen ihre Entwicklungshilfe auf wenige Ziele, dafür aber genauer ausrichten würden, könnten sie erheblich mehr bewirken als mit ihren bisherigen Plänen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern des Projektes „Kopenhagener Konsens“.

COPENHAGEN — Focusing on a few global U.N. targets for 2030, such as cutting child malnutrition or phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, will give better value for money than a scattergun list, an expert panel said on Thursday.

Biodiversity - the species we share our planet with - is under pressure. Post-2015 Consensus research finds that a global target to prevent the loss of coral reefs will gives at least $24 of environmental benefits per dollar spent. Likewise, reducing the current loss of forests by half would likely do about $10 of good for each dollar spent. However, increasing protected areas, because it is very costly but only somewhat helpful, is likely to do less than $1 of good per dollar spent.

Bjorn Lomberg (BL): The UN, with its 2015-2030 process, is going to set the global goals for the next 15 years in September, following the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Since these could end up determining a large part of the period's $2.5 trillion development aid, it is important we pick targets more effectively. The Copenhagen Consensus has engaged in a project to determine which targets will deliver the most good per dollar spent.

In rich countries, the biggest killers are strokes, heart attacks and cancer, accounting for more than two-thirds of all deaths. But for the poorer world, people often assume that infectious diseases like diarrhea, tuberculosis, Aids, malaria, measles and tetanus are the biggest killers. That is no longer true. While they are still substantial threats, broader availability of medication and vaccines along with higher living standards has caused such communicable diseases to drop dramatically to below 9 million deaths each year. 

A pesar de los avances en muchas sociedades, en casi todas partes las mujeres aún sufren altos niveles de discriminación. Incluso en los países más avanzados en igualdad de género, están sobrerrepresentadas en empleos de menor paga, infrarrepresentadas en puestos jerárquicos de los sectores público y privado, y son las receptoras en la mayor parte de los casos de violencia doméstica.

Navzdory pokroku téměř po celém světě ženy stále trpí značnou mírou diskriminace. I v zemích, kde je genderová rovnost nejrozvinutější, mají ženy vyšší zastoupení v hůře placených zaměstnáních a nižší na vysokých vládních a firemních postech a jsou terčem většiny domácího násilí.

NEW YORK – Despite progress in many societies, women almost everywhere still suffer from significant levels of discrimination. Even in countries where gender equality has advanced furthest, women are over-represented in lower-paying jobs, under-represented in senior government and business positions, and on the receiving end of most domestic violence. 

Right now, the United Nations is negotiating one of the world’s potentially most powerful policy documents. It can influence trillions of dollars, pull hundreds of millions out of poverty and hunger, reduce violence and improve education — essentially make the world a better place. But much depends on this being done well.

Worauf sollte die Weltgemeinschaft in den nächsten 15 Jahren ihr Hauptaugenmerk legen? Die Bereiche Gesundheit, Ernährung und Bildung erscheinen als die offensichtliche Wahl. Überraschenderweise besteht jedoch auch ein starkes Argument dafür, den Breitband-Internetzugang zur obersten Priorität zu erheben.