Table of content

Introduction
By Bjorn Lomborg

Chapter 1 - Benefits and Costs of Air Pollution Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 13-37
By Bjorn Larsen

Chapter 2 - Targets for Biodiversity and Deforestation pp 38-53
By Anil Markandya

Chapter 3 - Benefits and Costs of the Climate Change Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 54-66
By Isabel Galiana

Chapter 4 - Beyond Civil War pp 67-90
By James Fearon, Anke Hoeffler

Chapter 5 - Data Revolution pp 91-118
By Morten Jerven

Chapter 6 - Benefits and Costs of the Education Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 119-142
By George Psacharopoulos

Chapter 7 - Benefits and Costs of the Energy Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 143-170
By Isabel Galiana

Chapter 8 - Benefits and Costs of the IFF Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 171-191
By Alex Cobham

Chapter 9 - Benefits and Costs of the Trade Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 192-218
By Kym Anderson

Chapter 10 - Benefits and Costs of the Health Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 219-230
By Prabhat Jha, Ryan Hum, Cindy L. Gauvreau, Keely Jordan

Chapter 11 - Benefits and Costs of the Noncommunicable Disease Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 231-243
By Rachel Nugent, Elizabeth Brouwer

Chapter 12 - Benefits and Costs of the Women’s Health Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 244-254
By Dara Lee Luca, Johanne Helene Iversen, Alyssa Shiraishi Lubet, Elizabeth Mitgang, Kristine Husøy Onarheim, Klaus Prettner, David E. Bloom

Chapter 13 - Benefits and Costs of TB Control for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 255-265
By Anna Vassall

Chapter 14 - Benefits and Costs of the Infant Mortality Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 266-276
By Günther Fink

Chapter 15 - Benefits and Costs of the HIV/AIDS Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 277-286
By Pascal Geldsetzer, David E. Bloom, Salal Humair, Till Bärnighausen

Chapter 16 - Benefits and Costs of the Malaria Targets for the Post-2015 Consensus Project pp 287-294
By Neha Raykar

Chapter 17 - Benefits and Costs of Digital Technology pp 295-321
By Emmanuelle Auriol, Alexia Lee González Fanfalone

Chapter 18 - Returns to Investment in Reducing Postharvest Food Losses and Increasing Agricultural Productivity Growth pp 322-338
By Mark W. Rosegrant, Eduardo Magalhaes, Rowena A. Valmonte-Santos, Daniel Mason-D’Croz

Chapter 19 - Benefits and Costs of the Gender Equality Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 339-366
By Irma Clots-Figueras

Chapter 20 - Benefits and Costs of the Food and Nutrition Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 367-374
By Susan Horton, John Hoddinott

Chapter 21 - Benefits and Costs of the Population and Demography Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 375-398
By Hans-Peter Kohler, Jere R. Behrman

Chapter 22 - Benefits and Costs of Two Science and Technology Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 399-421
By Keith E. Maskus

Chapter 23 - Global Benefits and Costs of Achieving Universal Coverage of Basic Water and Sanitation Services as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development pp 422-445
By Guy Hutton

Chapter 24 - Benefits and Costs of the Poverty Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda pp 446-474
By John Gibson

Chapter 25 - Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals pp 475-500
By Mary E. Hilderbrand

Conclusion

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.

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