Environmental decision-making has long been plagued by uncertainties and a lack of critical information. The data and analyses needed for thoughtful and systematic action to minimize pollution harms and to optimize the use of natural resources are often unavailable or seem too costly to obtain. As a result, choices are made on the basis of generalized observations and best guesses, or worse yet, rhetoric or emotion. Environmental Performance Measurement: The Global Report 2001-2002 presents a new approach to environmental decision-making based on facts and analytic rigor. It...
Environmental decision-making has long been plagued by uncertainties and a lack of critical information. The data and analyses needed for thoughtful a...
The end of the Cold War did not, as some might have hoped, simplify the issues facing world leaders. Civil war, famine, overpopulation, chronic unemployment, and an exploding refugee problem continue to plague the world economy, to the point where we begin to wonder whether national boundaries can contain such crises, or whether the challenges that face the world are beyond the reach of the leaders we have elected. Has the increasing disparity between the haves and the have nots, between the knows and don't knows led to an unbridgeable gap between rich and poor peoples and rich and poor...
The end of the Cold War did not, as some might have hoped, simplify the issues facing world leaders. Civil war, famine, overpopulation, chronic une...
The World Economic Forum continues its tradition of excellence with the 28th edition of the annual publication, The Global Competitiveness Report . This report features the latest indicators drawn from the Executive Opinion Survey, which captures the perceptions of more than 11,000 business leaders worldwide.
The World Economic Forum continues its tradition of excellence with the 28th edition of the annual publication, The Global Competitiveness Report . Th...
