How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place (2013), edited by Bjorn Lomborg for the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, presents expert panel findings ranking interventions—from micronutrient supplements and free trade to malaria nets and contraception—by cost-effectiveness. It argues that global aid should prioritise highest-return investments over fashionable causes.
Formalised the Copenhagen Consensus methodology of applying economic cost-benefit analysis to global humanitarian priorities; offered a rigorous ranking alternative to political and emotional aid allocation.
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