Press releases

 Results of the Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (May 30, 2008) - The world’s best investment: Vitamins for undernourished children, according to top economists, including 5 Nobel Laureates....

 New papers: Education, Water & Sanitation, and Air pollution for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (May 23, 2008) - New research highlights the best ways to tackle three of the planet’s biggest challenges, ahead of the Copenhagen Consensus 2008 project...

 New paper on global warming for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (May 14, 2008) - Battling global warming will be a poor investment if the world focuses exclusively on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research for the Copenhagen Consensus Center...  

 New paper on diseases for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (May 19, 2008) - Focusing on getting cheap health interventions to the Third World holds economic benefits of more than $30 billion, according to new research for the Copenhagen Consensus Center....

 New paper on conflicts for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (April 30, 2008) - Despite unhappiness with the Iraqi experience, military intervention is a very cost-effective and efficient way to safeguard nations from violent relapses after a civil war...  

 New paper on women and development for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (April 16, 2008) - There is a strong economic incentive for governments to reduce gender inequality by benefitting from increased future wages and the reduction in healthcare use...  

 New paper on hunger and malnutrition for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (March 19, 2008) – Malnutrition in mothers and their young children will claim 3.5 million lives this year. Global food stocks are at historic lows. Food riots have erupted in West Africa and South Asia, and the WHO said Monday that global warming will make it all even worse...

 New paper on trade and migration for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (March 19, 2008) – Protectionist sentiment and fear of globalisation are on the rise putting at risk enormous economic benefits for developing and developed countries alike..

 New paper on terrorism for Copenhagen Consensus 2008
Copenhagen, Denmark (March 12, 2008) - Money devoted to counter-terrorism spending currently results in five to eight cents of benefit for every dollar spent. But international co-operation to disrupt terrorist finances would be much more cost-effective producing $5-15 of benefits for each $1....