Copenhagen Consensus Priority Proposals

Project Rating	Rank	Problem (Challenge)	Proposal
Very good	1	Diseases	Control of HIV/AIDS
	2	Malnutrition	Providing micronutrients
	3	Subsidies and Trade	Trade liberalization
	4	Diseases	Control of malaria

Good	5	Malnutrition	Development of new agricultural technologies
	6	Sanitation and water	Small-scale water technology for livelihoods
	7	Sanitation and water	Community-managed water supply and sanitation
	8	Sanitation and water	Research on water productivity in food production
	9	Government	Lowering the cost of starting a new business

Fair	10	Migration	Lowering barriers to migration for skilled workers
	11	Malnutrition	Improving infant and child nutrition
	12	Malnutrition	Reducing the prevalence of low birth weight
	13	Diseases	Scaled-up basic health services

Bad	14	Migration	Guest-worker programs for the unskilled
	15	Climate	"Optimal" carbon tax
	16	Climate	The Kyoto protocol
	17	Climate	Value-at-risk carbon tax
Source: Copenhagen Consensus

Also in this issue:
Setting Global Priorities
Excerpts from “Ranking the Opportunities”

For more on the Consensus:
Copenhagen Consensus