2008 Copenhagen Consensus - the 30 solutions to global challenges that have the highest cost-benefit ratios, in descending order, from the viewpoints of economists:
1. Micronutrient supplements for children
2. The Doha development agenda (I personally am not so sure that this is particularly useful, but that's just my own political viewpoint)
3. Micronutrient fortification
4. Expanded immunization coverage for children
5. Biofortification
6. Deworming and other nutrition programs at school
7. Lowering the price of schooling
8. Increase and improve girls' schooling
9. Community-based nutrition promotion
10. Provide support for women's reproductive role
11. Heart attack acute management
12. Malaria prevention and treatment
13. Tuberculosis case finding and treatment
14. R&D in low-carbon energy technologies
15. Bio-sand filters for household water treatment
16. Rural water supply
17. Conditional cash transfers
18. Peace-keeping in post-conflict situations
19. HIV combination prevention
20. Total sanitation campaign
21. Improving surgical capacity at district hospital level
22. Microfinance
23. Improved stove intervention
24. Large, multipurpose dam in Africa
25. Inspection and maintenance of diesel vehicles
26. Low sulfur diesel for urban road vehicles
27. Diesel vehicle particulate control technology
28. Tobacco tax
29. R&D and mitigation
30. Mitigation only
