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Fortifying wheat flour to save Haitian lives
Copenhagen Consensus' Haiti Priorise project makes impact with the launch of RANFOSE, the first food fortification project of Haiti. USAID and the Ministry of Public Health and Population have teamed up to fortify wheat flour in Haiti, which will prevent 150 newborn deaths and 260,000 cases of anemia each year.
The US representative referred to Copenhagen Consensus research when introducing the new initiative, pointing out that food fortification has been identified "as one of the most efficient investments in Haiti’s development."
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Achieving more with less
After being the top recipient of Canadian aid in 2010, Haiti fell to 16th place in 2015, making it more important to spend limited funds effectively. This is what Haiti Priorise, sponsored by the Canadian government, set out to do: Improve the nation’s social, economic and environmental well-being by highlighting the cost-effective aid interventions.
Lomborg explains the most promising solutions for Haiti in Canada's newspaper of record, The Globe and Mail, stressing that economic research can provide inspiration and valuable policy-making input.
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Don't cut spending for one of the best aid investments
President Trump proposed to cut the US’ global food assistance program, “Food for Peace,” in his 2018 budget request. But few forms of development spending are as crucial as providing proper nutrition, which Lomborg showcases in New York Daily News.
Copenhagen Consensus research at a global and national level has repeatedly shown that improving nutrition to stop starvation or malnutrition is a phenomenal investment because inexpensive, early nutrition can produce significant, lifelong benefits.
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Al Gore’s new film misses a few inconvenient facts
Eleven years ago, “An Inconvenient Truth” brought attention to global warming with frightening narratives about looming environmental disaster. Despite his poor record, former Vice President Al Gore is back with “An Inconvenient Sequel”, which promises more of the same.
Lomborg argues in Wall Street Journal that Gore’s strategy of using scare tactics and poor science to point out failed policy solutions cannot be the solution to global warming.
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California is handling climate change all wrong
California has won praise for promising to live up to the Paris climate treaty even after US withdrawal, and for signing its own climate ‘treaty’ with China. It is commendable that Governor Brown is showing leadership where the Trump Administration has withdrawn, but California’s pathway will be expensive for the state and achieve slightly more than nothing for the planet.
In Los Angeles Times, Lomborg argues that a smarter approach to climate policy — and one befitting California’s role as one of the most innovative states in the country — would be to focus on the development of affordable green energy.
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Learning from malaria
Over the last 15 years, more than six million lives have been saved from malaria, thanks in large parts to a concerted effort from the Gates Foundation and the US government. Copenhagen Consensus research over this time frame consistently highlights the great benefits every dollar invested in malaria initiatives can have. The lessons of that success can – and therefore should – be applied to other great development challenges as well.
 Read Bjorn Lomborg's column for Project Syndicate in five languages. It was published by newspapers around the world, including The New Times (Rwanda), Times of Oman, Sydsvenskan (Sweden), The Nepali Times, La Nacion (Costa Rica), The Daily Star (Lebanon), Naija 24/7 News (Nigeria) and The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
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