| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 525 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
1. Benefits and Costs of Air Pollution Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Bjorn Larsen -- 2. Targets for Biodiversity and Deforestation / Anil Markandya -- 3. Benefits and Costs of the Climate Change Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Isabel Galiana -- 4. Beyond Civil War: The Costs of Interpersonal Violence / James Fearon, Anke Hoeffler -- 5. Data Revolution: The Cost and Benefit of Data Needed to Monitor the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Morten Jerven -- 6. Benefits and Costs of the Education Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / George Psacharopoulos -- 7. Benefits and Costs of the Energy Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Isabel Galiana -- 8. Benefits and Costs of the IFF Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Alex Cobham -- 9. Benefits and Costs of the Trade Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Kym Anderson -- 10. Benefits and Costs of the Health Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Prabhat Jha, Ryan Hum, Cindy L. Gauvreau, Keely Jordan -- 11. Benefits and Costs of the Noncommunicable Disease Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Rachel Nugent, Elizabeth Brouwer -- 12. Benefits and Costs of the Women's Health Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Dara Lee Luca [and 6 others] -- 13. Benefits and Costs of TB Control for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Anna Vassall -- 14. Benefits and Costs of the Infant Mortality Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Günther Fink -- 15. Benefits and Costs of the HIV/AIDS Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Pascal Geldsetzer, David E. Bloom, Salal Humair, Till Bärnighausen -- 16. Benefits and Costs of the Malaria Targets for the Post-2015 Consensus Project / Neha Raykar -- 17. Benefits and Costs of Digital Technology: Infrastructure Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Emmanuelle Auriol, Alexia Lee González Fanfalone -- 18. Returns to Investment in Reducing Postharvest Food Losses and Increasing Agricultural Productivity Growth / Mark W. Rosegrant, Eduardo Magalhaes, Rowena A. Valmonte-Santos, Daniel Mason-D'Croz -- 19. Benefits and Costs of the Gender Equality Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Irma Clots-Figueras -- 20. Benefits and Costs of the Food and Nutrition Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Susan Horton, John Hoddinott -- 21. Benefits and Costs of the Population and Demography Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Hans-Peter Kohler, Jere R. Behrman -- 22. Benefits and Costs of Two Science and Technology Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Keith E. Maskus -- 23. Global Benefits and Costs of Achieving Universal Coverage of Basic Water and Sanitation Services as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development / Guy Hutton -- 24. Benefits and Costs of the Poverty Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda / John Gibson -- 25. Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals: Assessing Governance Targets / Mary E. Hilderbrand |
| Summary |
This book is a unique guide to making the world a better place. Experts apply a critical eye to the United Nations' Sustainable Development agenda, also known as the Global Goals, which will affect the flow of $2.5 trillion of development aid up until 2030. Renowned economists, led by Bjorn Lomborg, determine what pursuing different targets will cost and achieve in social, environmental and economic benefits. There are 169 targets, covering every area of international development - from health to education, sanitation to conflict. Together, these analyses make the case for prioritizing the most effective development investments. A panel of Nobel Laureate economists identify a set of 19 phenomenal development targets, and argue that this would achieve as much as quadrupling the global aid budget. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (CambridgeCore platform, viewed January 3, 2019) |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Environmental policy.
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| SUBJECT |
United Nations fast |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Cost effectiveness
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Environmental policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108233767 |
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1108233767 |
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