Rank | Subject : Approach | Jim Comments, what are thoughts? |
Very Good Opportunities: | ||
1. | Diseases: Control HIV/AIDS | Stylish at the time; infrastructure. |
2. | Malnutrition: Providing Micronutrients | ie. vitamin pills, particularly vit. A |
3. | Subsidies and Trade: Trade Liberalization | Trade, yes ; subsidies, no. |
4. | Diseases: Control of Malaria | Yep. |
Good Opportunities: | ||
5. | Malnutrition: Develop new agricultural technologies | Green revolution increased population |
6. | Sanitation and Water: Small scale water technology for livelihoods | Rivers, not wells |
7. | Sanitation and Water: Community-managed water supply and sanitation | Good |
8. | Sanitation and Water: Research on water productivity in food production | Assume this means use less water. |
9. | Government: Lowering the cost of starting a new business | Gov need bureaucracy to "protect" us. |
Fair Opportunities: | ||
10. | Migration: Lowering barriers to migration for skilled workers. | One world idea, equalize poverty |
11. | Malnutrition: Improving infant and child nutrition | Better is population reduction |
12. | Malnutrition: Reducing prevalence of low birth rate. | Assume should read birth weight? |
13. | Diseases: Scaled up basic health services. | Local issue. Hillary care? |
Bad Opportunities: | ||
14. | Migration: Guest worker programs for the unskilled | bad, make industry at home |
15. | Climate: Optimal Carbon Tax | bad, pay to pollute is dumb |
16. | Climate: The Kyoto Protocol | bad, earth cycles |
17. | Climate: Value-At-Risk Carbon Tax | bad, same as 15. |
Rank Solution | Challenge Category | Your Thoughts? |
1 Micronutrient supplements for children (vitamin A and zinc) | Malnutrition | |
2 The Doha development agenda | Trade | |
3 Micronutrient fortification (iron and salt iodization) | Malnutrition | |
4 Expanded immunization coverage for children | Diseases | |
5 Biofortification | Malnutrition | |
6 Deworming and other nutrition programs at school | Malnutrition & Education | |
7 Lowering the price of schooling | Education | |
8 Increase and improve girls’ schooling | Women | |
9 Community-based nutrition promotion | Malnutrition | |
10 Provide support for women’s reproductive role | Women | |
11 Heart attack acute management | Diseases | |
12 Malaria prevention and treatment | Diseases | |
13 Tuberculosis case finding and treatment | Diseases | |
14 R&D in low-carbon energy technologies | Global Warming | |
15 Bio-sand filters for household water treatment | Water | |
16 Rural water supply | Water | |
17 Conditional cash transfers | Education | |
18 Peace-keeping in post-conflict situations | Conflicts | |
19 HIV combination prevention | Diseases | |
20 Total sanitation campaign | Water | |
21 Improving surgical capacity at district hospital level | Diseases | |
22 Microfinance | Women | |
23 Improved stove intervention | Air Pollution | |
24 Large, multipurpose dam in Africa | Water | |
25 Inspection and maintenance of diesel vehicles | Air Pollution | |
26 Low sulfur diesel for urban road vehicles | Air Pollution | |
27 Diesel vehicle particulate control technology | Air Pollution | |
28 Tobacco tax | Diseases | |
29 R&D and mitigation | Global Warming | |
30 Mitigation only | Global Warming |