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