In their article
The Best Dollar You Will Ever Spend, Slate reports on the top eight investments identified by Nobel laureates in Economics that will help the planet the most.
...the experts identified the best investments: those for which relatively tiny amounts of money could generate significant returns in terms of health, prosperity, and community advantages. These included: increased immunization coverage, initiatives to reduce school dropout rates, community-based nutrition promotion, and micronutrient supplementation.
The
full list of eight from the
Copenhagen Consensus Centre site:
- Combating Hunger
- Micronutrient Supplements: Vitamin A and Zinc
- Micronutrient Fortification and Biofortification
- Community Nutrition Promotion
- Child Health
- Expanding Vaccination Coverage
- Deworming
- Malaria Prevention and Treatment
- Education and Empowerment
- Lowering the Price of Schooling and Improving Girls’ Schooling
- Supporting Women’s Reproductive Role
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