In this urgent, thought-provoking book, Bjorn Lomborg presents the 12 most efficient solutions for the world's poorest and our global SDG promises. ⢠If you want to make the world better, Best Things First is the book to read.\
World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. The UNâs Sustainable Development Goals are supposed to be delivered by 2030. The goals literally promise everything, like eradicating poverty, hunger and disease; stopping war and climate change, ending corruption, fixing education along with countless other promises. This year, the world is at halftime for its promises, but nowhere near halfway. Together with more than a hundred of the worldâs top economists, Bjorn Lomborg has worked for years to identify the worldâs best solutions. Based on 12 new, peer-reviewed papers, forthcoming in Cambridge University Pressâ Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, this book highlights the worldâs best policies.\
Some things are difficult to fix, cost a lot, and help little. Other problems we know how to fix, at low cost, with remarkable outcomes. We should do the smart things first.\
Governments and philanthropists should focus on these 12 smartest things. Fix tuberculosis, malaria, and chronic disease, tackle malnutrition, improve education, increase trade, implement e-procurement, and secure land tenure. This will improve the world amazingly. The cost is $35 billion a year. The benefits include saving 4.2 million lives each year and generating $1.1 trillion more for the worldâs poor.\
We can definitely afford it: The cost of $35 billion is equivalent to the increase in annual global spending on cosmetics over the last two years. This is likely the best thing the world can do this decade.
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- Public Affairs & Policy
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Publisher : Copenhagen Consensus Center
Author : Lomborg, Bjorn,Lomborg, Bjørn
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2023-05-07
Number Of Pages : 314
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1940003482
ISBN-13 : 9781940003481
Item weight : 0.8 lb
Dimensions : 1.02 in x 5.44 in x 9.85 in
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