Bjorn LomborgCambridge University Press, 7/6/2019EAN 9781108401456, ISBN10: 1108401457Paperback, 556 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 3.2 cmLanguage: EnglishOriginally published in EnglishThis 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.Foreword Stefan Dercon and Stephen A. O'ConnellIntroduction Bjorn Lomborg1. Benefits and costs of air pollution targets for the post-2015 development agenda Bjorn Larsen2. Targets for biodiversity and deforestation Anil Markandya3. Climate change Isabel Galiana4. Beyond civil warthe costs of interpersonal violence James Fearon and Anke Hoeffler5. Data revolutionthe cost and benefit of data needed to monitor the post-2015 development agenda Morten Jerven6. Post-2015 consensuseducation challenge paper George Psacharopoulos7. Benefits and costs of the energy targets for the post-2015 development agenda Isabel Galiana and Amy Sopinka8. Benefits and costs of the IFF targets for the post-2015 development agenda Alex Cobham9. Benefits and costs of the trade targets for the post-2015 development agenda Kym Anderson10. Benefits and costs of the health targets for the post-2015 development agenda Prabhat Jha, Ryan Hum, Cindy L. Gauvreau and Keeley Jordan11. Benefits and costs of the non-communicable disease targets for the post-2015 development agenda Rachel Nugent and Elizabeth Brouwer12. Benefits and costs of the women's health targets for the post-2015 development agenda Dara Lee Luca, Johanne Helene Iversen, Alyssa Shiraishi Lubet, Elizabeth Mitgang, Kristine Husøy Onarheim, Klaus Prettner and David E. Bloom13. Benefits and costs of TB control for the post-2015 development agenda Anna Vassall14. Benefits and costs of the infant mortality targets for the post-2015 development agenda Günther Fink15. Benefits and costs of the HIV/AIDS targets for the post-2015 development agenda Pascal Geldsetzer, Salal Humair, David E. Bloom and Till Bärnighausen16. Benefits and costs of the Malaria targets for the post-2015 consensus project Neha Raykar and Ramanan Laxminarayan17. Benefits and costs of digital technologyinfrastructure targets for the post-2015 development agenda Emmanuelle Auriol and Alexia Lee González Fanfalone18. Returns to investment in reducing postharvest food losses and increasing agricultural productivity growth Mark W. Rosegrant, Eduardo Magalhaes, Rowena A. Valmonte-Santos and Daniel Mason-D'Croz19. Benefits and costs of the gender equality targets for the post-2015 development agenda Irma Clots-Figueras20. Benefits and costs of the food and nutrition targets for the post-2015 development agenda Susan Horton and John Hoddinott21. Benefits and costs of the population and demography targets for the post-2015 development agenda Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R. Behrman22. Benefits and costs of two science and technology targets for the post-2015 development agenda Keith Maskus23. Benefits and costs of the water sanitation and hygiene targets for the post-2015 development agenda Guy Hutton24. Benefits and costs of the poverty targets for the post-2015 development agenda John Gibson25. Good governance and the sustainable development goals Mary E. HilderbrandConclusionidentifying phenomenal development targets Finn Kydland, Tom Schelling and Nancy StokeyHow to implement the global goals, knowing what does a lot of good and what doesn't Bjorn Lomborg.
