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WHAT THE WORLD WANTS PROJECT

Credits
Major References
Footnotes


Credits

The What the World Wants Project is by Medard Gabel

and the research staff of the World Game Institute
The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Evan Frisch, whose help with an earlier version of this report was invaluable, as well as Kim Bixel, Chris Randolph, Annette Earling, Nadia Rehman, Christine Boucher, Tony DeVarco and the research staff of the World Game Institute without whose help this version would not exist. In addition, the author would like to thank the many people who provided valuable feedback on earlier versions of this paper, as well as the participants in World Game Workshops at the following sites over the last few years who have all contributed to an evolving definition and refinement of what the world wants:

Corporations
Astra-Merck, Philadelphia. PA
British Airways, Boca Raton, FL
Bell South, Atlanta, GA
Cigna International, Philadelphia, PA
Glaxo Corporation, Williamsburg, VA
General Motors International Operations, Orlando, FL
General Motors Delphi Group, Detroit, MI
H.J. Heinz, Cape Schanck, Australia
Infonet Services Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Motorola, Beijing, China
Motorola, Phuket, Thailand
Motorola, Schaumburg, IL
Motorola, Singapore
Roy F. Weston, Inc., West Chester, PA
Young Presidents Organization, Istanbul, Turkey
Young Presidents Organization, Mexico City, Mexico
Young Presidents Organization, El Salvador

Universities and Colleges
University of Akron, Orville, OH
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago, IL
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
University of Miami, Miami, FL
University of MN, Morris, MN
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Belhaven College, Jackson, MS
Bentley College, Waltham, MA         
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA         
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill, PA
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Cottey College, Nevada, MO
Drew University, Madison, NJ
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WA
Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL
Franklin College, Franklin, IN
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Harrisburg Community College, PA
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI
LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
Marietta College, Marietta, OH
Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI
Nazareth College at Rochester, NY
North Idaho College, Coeur D'Alene, ID         
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Penn State University, State Coll., PA
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Rockford College, Rockford, IL
Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD
Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, IL
SUNY-Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
Thiel College, Greenville, PA
Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
Upsala College, East Orange, NJ
Upward Bound Program, Lincoln University, PA
Western New England College, Springfield, MA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Organizations
African Medical & Research Foundation, Toronto, Canada
AIESEC Sonora, Sonora, Mexico
AIESEC Switzerland
AIESEC Monterrey, Mexico
AIESEC Penn, Philadelphia, PA         
AIESEC Estonia, Tallon , Estonia
AIESEC The Netherlands
AIESEC Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
AIESEC UKM, Malaysia
AIESEC-Marquette, Milwaukee, WI
AIESEC Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
AIESEC Turku-Finland
AIESEC-Univ. of Minnesota, Minn., MN
AIESEC Indecs-Finland
AIA Minnesota, Duluth, MN
BC Global Education Project ,Vancouver, BC
Buckminster Fuller Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Center for Video Education, West Chester, NY
Connections 96 Conference, Victoria, BC
Conservation Foundation, Downers Grove, IL
Diversity 2000, Union, NJ
Discovery Program, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA
Global Energy Network Int'l, San Diego, CA
Great Lakes Invit. Conference, Flint, MI
Instituute voor Publiek en Politiek, Netherlands
International House, Philadelphia, PA
IULA World Congress, Soestrbrg, Netherlands
Junior League of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Kentucky Leadership, Frankfort, KY
Lutheran Youth Organization, Grand Forks, ND
Childrens Museum About the World, NC         
College Student Personnel Association, Tarrytown, NY
Explora Science Center, Albuquerque, NM
Ecocity Experience, Waitakere Cty, N. Zealand
Girl Scouts of Orange County, Costa Mesa, CA
Goshen Noon Kiwanis Club, Goshen, IN
Iowa Dept. of Education, Des Moines, IA
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources, Des Moines, IA
IODA Conference, Eilat, Israel
Johnson, Long & Co., Austin, TX
Kentucky Leadership, Elizabethtown, KY
Leadership, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Lutheran Campus Ministries, Blacksburg, VA
Museum of Discovery & Science, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
NAFSA Conference, Princeton, NJ
National Lutheran Leadership Conf., Minneapolis, MN
NVB-Sweden
PAM Northern Chapter, Penang, Malaysia
Pittsburgh Children's Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Principals' Center Summer Institute, NJ
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, Hempstead, NY
Rotary International, Calgary, Canada;
Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento, CA
Salem Area TAG, Salem, OR
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN
Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA
Scottsdale Leadership, Scottsdale, AZ
Shore Consortium for G&T, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Sister Cities International, Louisville, KY
Student Pugwash, Washington DC
UN Environmental Conference, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
UN 50 Committee of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Visum Futurum, Gothenburg, Sweden
We the Peoples 2000, Swarthmore, PA
World Bank, Washington, DC
Youth Environmental Summit, Loveland, CO


Major References
UNDP, Human Development Report 1996 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996); UNICEF, State of the World's Children 1996 1995, 1994; Giving children a future: The World Summit for Children, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, 1990); UNHCR Refugees II-95, Public Information Service UNHCR 1995; The World Bank, World Development Report 1996 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996); World Resources Institute, World Resources 1995-96, 1992-93, World Watch Institute, Vital Signs 1996; State of the World 1988-96, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996); Ho-Ping: Food for Everyone; Energy, Earth and Everyone; World Game Institute, Doubleday, New York.


Footnotes


What the World Wants Chart Eliminate Starvation and Malnutrition: $19 billion Eliminate Starvation & Malnutrition: $19 billion Provide Health Care and AIDS Control: $21 billion Provide Health Care and AIDS Control: $21 billion Provide Shelter: $21 billion Provide Shelter: $21 billion Provide Clean, Safe Water: $10 billion Elliminate Illiteracy: $5 billion Provide Clean, Safe Energy--Energy Efficiency: $33 billion Provide Clean, Safe Energy--Energy Efficiency: $33 billion Provide Clean, Safe Energy--Energy Efficiency: $33 billion Provide Clean, Safe Energy--Renewable Energy: $17 billion Provide Clean, Safe Energy--Renewable Energy: $17 billion Provide Clean, Safe Energy--Renewable Energy: $17 billion Retire Developing Nations Debt: $30 billion Stabilize Population: $10.5 billion Stabilize Population: $10.5 billion Prevent Soil Erosion: $24 billion Prevent Soil Erosion: $24 billion Stop Deforestation: $7 billion Stop Deforestation: $7 billion Stop Ozone Depletion: $5 billion Prevent Acid Rain: $8 billion Prevent Global Warming: $8 billion Prevent Global Warming: $8 billion Prevent Global Warming: $8 billion Remove Landmines: $2 billion Refugee Relief: $5 billion Refugee Relief: $5 billion Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: $7 billion Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: $7 billion Eliminate Nuclear Weapons: $7 billion Build Democracy: $2 billion
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