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The Copenhagen Consensus Center is the winner of Prospect Magazine’s 2016 Think Tank of the Year award in the “International Affairs” category for think tanks based in the US. The Center's work was commended by the judges as being “truly innovative and global in its...

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Bangladesh publisher, Adorn Books, published a short book on the project entitled Bangladesh Priorities: Ranking the smartest solutions by their benefits and costs . The book is available in both English and Bangla and is based on the article series published in Daily Star and Prothom Alo. The book...

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One of Bangladesh's leading newspapers Prothom Alo has published a full page editorial on the work of the Bangladesh Priorities project as well their collaboration with the project to promote the smartest solutions for Bangladesh. Not all policies are equal. Despite good intentions, some...

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Anke Hoeffler, Research Officer, Department of Economics, University of Oxford joined the Domestic Violence Crisis: Mobilizing the Public and Private Sectors panel presented by The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan Public School of Health to discuss her work with on the Post-2015 Consensus project and why...

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I had the privilege of meeting the President of Colombia to discuss priorities for the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, last year. We had an excellent discussion about how to make the world a better place as well as achieving the most good for Colombia specifically. It...

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Bjorn Lomborg responds to the debate on smart solutions to tackle poverty in Bangladesh. The project 'Bangladesh Priorities' set out to have a conversation on what is best for Bangladesh. In that spirit, I welcome the commentary from Nick Beresford of UNDP Bangladesh on September 29. His...

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For Haiti Priorise Regional Youth Forums Despite counting for roughly two-thirds of the population, youth perspectives are often absent from discussions and decisions about policies for Haiti. Haïti Priorise, using the analysis to be provided by economist researchers, from Haiti and abroad, will be...

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Bangladesh Priorities produced 1,100+ pages of new, made-for-Bangladesh research , along with a menu of policy options based on cost-benefit analysis and rankings by an Eminent Panel . However, the real impact today is in the implementation of these solutions both locally and nationally. Update...

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Since early 2015, the Bangladesh Priorities project has commissioned teams of dozens of specialist economists from Bangladesh, South Asia, and around the world to study solutions to improve the future of the country. In May, an eminent panel ranked each solution onto a prioritized list. Bjorn...

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Golden rice research, development, and dissemination would return up to 329 takas of social good for every taka spent. New academic research highlights the smartest ways to fight malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency. Over the past two decades, Bangladesh has remarkably managed to feed an...

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