Over two years, more than 50 economists have worked to find the best solutions to ten of the world’s biggest challenges. During the last week of May, an expert panel of 8 top-economists, including 5 Nobel Laureates, sat down to assess the research.Their whole list below (ugly formatting is my own):
The result: A prioritized list highlighting the potential of 30 specific solutions to combat some of the biggest challenges facing the world.
Combating malnutrition in the 140 million children who are undernourished reached the number one spot, after economist Sue Horton of Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada made her case to the expert panel.
Providing micronutrients for 80% of the 140 million children who lack essential vitamins in the form of vitamin A capsules and a course of zinc supplements would cost just $60 million per year, according to the analysis. More importantly, this action holds yearly benefits of more than $1 billion.
In effect, this means that each dollar spent on this program creates benefits (in the form of better health, fewer deaths, increased future earnings, etc) worth more than 17 dollars.
| Challenge | Solution |
| Micronutrient supplements for children (vitamin A and zinc) |
| The Doha development agenda |
| Micronutrient fortification (iron and salt iodization) |
| Expanded immunization coverage for children |
| Biofortification |
| Deworming and other nutrition programs at school |
| Lowering the price of schooling |
| Increase and improve girls’ schooling |
| Community-based nutrition promotion |
| Provide support for Women’s reproductive role |
| Heart attack acute management |
| Malaria prevention and treatment |
| Tuberculosis case finding and treatment |
| R&D in low-carbon energy technologies |
| Bio-sand filters for household water treatment |
| Rural Water supply |
| Conditional cash transfers |
| Peace-keeping in post-conflict situations |
| HIV combination prevention |
| Total sanitation campaign |
| Improving surgical capacity at district hospital level |
| Microfinance |
| Improved stove intervention |
| Large, multipurpose dam in Africa |
| Inspection and maintenance of diesel vehicles |
| Low sulfur diesel for urban road vehicles |
| Diesel vehicle particulate control technology |
| Tobacco tax |
| R&D and mitigation |
| Mitigation only |
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