Copenhagen Consensus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Copenhagen Consensus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Copenhagen Consensus is a project that seeks to establish priorities for advancing global welfare using methodologies based on the theory of welfare economics. It was conceived[1] and organized by Bj�rn Lomborg, the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and the then director of the Danish government's Environmental Assessment Institute. It is now run by The Copenhagen Consensus Center[2] under Lomborg's directorship at the Copenhagen Business School. The project considers possible solutions to a wide range of problems, presented by experts in each field. These are evaluated and ranked by a panel of leading economists. The emphasis is on rational prioritization by economic analysis, justified as a corrective to standard practice in international development, where, it is alleged, media attention and the 'court of public opinion' results in priorities that are often far from optimal."