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  • WSJ: The Copenhagen Solution -- Lomborg's cost-benefit approach to prioritizing world programs

    06/08/2005 5:33:30 AM PDT · by OESY · 2 replies · 407+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | June 8, 2005 | Editorial
    ...The British Prime Minister wants President Bush to commit the U.S. to billions in debt relief to the world's poorest countries through a mechanism called the International Finance Facility, which the Administration rightfully considers a nonstarter. Mr. Blair also wants the U.S. to sign on to his views on global warming.... Instead, what Mr. Blair mainly got was a commitment from the Administration to release another $674 million in humanitarian relief -- most of it food aid -- for Africa, above the $3.2 billion per year it already provides.... [T]he brainchild of Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg, the [Copenhagen] Consensus is...