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Solutions for the world's biggest problems : = costs and benefits /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Solutions for the world's biggest problems :/ edited by Bjørn Lomborg.
其他題名:	costs and benefits /
其他作者:	Lomborg, Bjørn,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xvii, 442 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
附註:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
標題:	Cost effectiveness. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511493560
ISBN:	9780511493560 (ebook)

Solutions for the world's biggest problems : = costs and benefits /
Solutions for the world's biggest problems :costs and benefits /edited by Bjørn Lomborg. - 1 online resource (xvii, 442 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Financial instability /Peter Blair Henry --Conclusion:

The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving them. However, even if all governments were willing to spend more money on solving the problems, we cannot do it all at once. We have to prioritize; and in order to do this we need a better sense of the costs and benefits of each 'solution'. This book offers a rigorous overview of twenty-three of the world's biggest problems relating to the environment, governance, economics, and health and population. Leading economists provide a short survey of the analysis and sketch out policy solutions for which they provide cost-benefit ratios. A unique feature is the provision of freely downloadable software which allows readers to make their own cost-benefit calculations for spending money to make the world a better place.

ISBN: 9780511493560 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

684506
Cost effectiveness.

LC Class. No.: HD87 / .S65 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9

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