The most recent GAO plan, for 2010-2015, sets out four goals, namely to address: ( 1 ) Current and Emerging Challenges to the Well-being and Financial Security of the American People ; ( 2 ) Changing Security Threats and the Challenges of Global Interdependence ; ( 3 ) Transformation of the Federal Government to Address National Challenges ; ( 4 ) Maximization of the Value of the GAO.

* Global Linkages: Macroeconomic Interdependence and Cooperation in the World Economy, by Jeffrey Sachs and Warwick McKibbin ( 1991 ).

* Sachs, Jeffrey and Warwick McKibbin Global Linkages: Macroeconomic Interdependence and Co-operation in the World Economy, Brookings Institution, June, 277 pages.

* The Frederick Heldering Global Leadership Award from the Global Interdependence Center ( 2006 )

* Global Interdependence Center

The Clinton Global Initiative ( CGI ), begun by the Clinton Foundation in 2005, attempts to address world problems such as global public health, poverty alleviation and religious and ethnic conflict.

Botswana, however, continues to benefit along with its neighbours in the region from USAID's Initiative for Southern Africa, now based in Pretoria, and USAID's Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub, head-quartered in Gaborone.

* Clinton Global Initiative, a forum created by former US President Bill Clinton to discuss global problems

The Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building ( GIPB ) is a global partnership dedicated to increasing plant breeding capacity building.

This was followed up by the Global Mining Initiative which was initiated by nine of the largest metals and mining companies, and led to the formation of the International Council on Mining and Metals to " act as a catalyst " for social and environmental performance improvement in the mining and metals industry internationally.

Certification is also available through Ceres ' Global Reporting Initiative, but these reports are voluntary and unverified.

* Global Threat Reduction Initiative ( GTRI ): Expanding on the success of the CTR, the GTRI will expand nuclear weapons and material securing and dismantlement activities to states outside of the former Soviet Union.

* GTI the Global Taxonomic Initiative

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative was established in 1988.

It has also been successful in helping to reduce cases by 99 % since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in 1988, which partnered WHO with Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) and the United Nations Children ’ s Fund ( UNICEF ), as well as smaller organizations.

Asthma is defined by the Global Initiative for Asthma as " a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells and cellular elements play a role.

; Other: Messianic democracy, Peace and Truce of God, 9 / 11 conspiracy theories, Pan Sahel Initiative, American Dream, Global Nightmare, Documentary film Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space

* Global Health Security Initiative

His works on the Latin America Initiative, a joint effort of the Global Economy and Development and Foreign Policy programs at Brookings.

The Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative is a five-year program, supported by Swiss bank UBS in which the Foundation will identify and work with artists, curators and educators from South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa to expand its reach in the international art world.

In 2004, the U. S. Global Threat Reduction Initiative ( GTRI ) was established in order to consolidate nuclear stockpiles of highly enriched uranium ( HEU ), plutonium, and assemble nuclear weapons at fewer locations.

* In April 2012, Nestlé obtained an A + rating from the Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI ) for their global annual report on Creating Shared Value.

The Global Health Initiative was launched by Kofi Annan at the Annual Meeting in 2002.

The Global Education Initiative ( GEI ), launched during the Annual Meeting in 2003, brought together international IT companies and governments in Jordan, Egypt and India which has resulted in new personal computer hardware in the classrooms and more local teachers trained in e-learning.

Under the guidance of Penn's current Dean, professor Michael A. Fitts, the School has further expanded its international programs with the addition of the International Internship Program, the International Summer Human Rights Program, and the Global Research Seminar, all under the umbrella of the Penn Law Global Initiative.

Young also has been a director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, and also is the chairman of the board for the Global Initiative for the Advancement of Nutritional Therapy.

* Andrew Young Global Health Institute, a project of the Global Initiative for the Advancement of Nutritional Therapy

On 1 March 2011 she was elected as Chair of the EITI ( the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ) at the EITI Global Conference in Paris.

The United Nations Development Programme commissions a feasibility study by WRI which lays the foundation for creation of the Global Environment Facility ( GEF ).

Jomo has addressed ministerial meetings of UNCTAD, most UN regional commissions, Funds and Programmes, several UN agencies as well as ECOSOC and the General Assembly ’ s Second, Third and Fifth Committees as well as the World Economic Forum ( Davos ), Global Policy Forum ( Yaroslavl ), World Public Forum ( Rhodos ), World Social Forum ( Porto Alegre ) and many academic, business and civil society conferences.

For purposes of finance and market research, market-based classification systems such as the Global Industry Classification Standard and the Industry Classification Benchmark are used to classify businesses that participate in the service sector.

The global market for micro-electromechanical systems, which includes products such as automobile airbag systems, display systems and inkjet cartridges totaled $ 40 billion in 2006 according to Global MEMS / Microsystems Markets and Opportunities, a research report from SEMI and Yole Developpement and is forecasted to reach $ 72 billion by 2011.

* The GLOBE Program-( Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment ) An international environmental science and education program that links students, teachers, and the scientific research community in an effort to learn more about the environment through student data collection and observation.

* The European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism Multi-user academic website providing reliable information about Pentecostalism and networking current interdisciplinary research, hosts a dedicated web search engine for Pentecostal studies

It was founded in 1989 and provides computer security training, professional certification through Global Information Assurance Certification ( GIAC ), and a research archive-the SANS Reading Room.

The UNU International Institute for Global Health ( Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ) undertakes research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge related to key issues of human health.

See also, The Trusted Systems Project, a part of the Global Information Society Project ( GISP ), a joint research project of the World Policy Institute ( WPI ) and the Center for Advanced Studies in Sci.

Pfizer Global Research and Development is Pfizer's research and development division.

Before legal actions initiated by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, which later became known as the Global Settlement enforcement agreement, some large investment firms had initiated favorable research coverage of companies in an effort to aid Corporate Finance departments and retail divisions engaged in the marketing of new issues.

The research effort will continue to be coordinated through the National Science and Technology Council in accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990.

The Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security was established to coordinate nuclear nonproliferation programs, research and policy work within the Laboratory and throughout the region.

It consists of seven research centers: Advanced Optics, Biotechnology, Global Hydeology & Climate, Information Technology, Material Science, Propulsion, and Space Science.

* The Global Innovation Index is a global index measuring the level of innovation of a country, produced jointly by The Boston Consulting Group ( BCG ), the National Association of Manufacturers ( NAM ), and The Manufacturing Institute ( MI ), the NAM's nonpartisan research affiliate.

* The European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism ( GloPent ) is an initiative by three leading European Universities in Pentecostal studies networking academic research on Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

He devoted much of the latter part of his life to advocating what he called Cultural Equity, which he sought to put on a solid theoretical foundation through to his Cantometrics research ( which included a prototype Cantometrics-based educational program, The Global Jukebox ).

" The Global Dialogue Prize is one of the world's most significant recognitions for research in the Humanities, honoring " excellence in research and research communication on the conditions and content of a global intercultural dialogue on values "..

The City features high density residential areas, major commercial town centres, rapid transit, high technology research and business parks, film production studios such as Bridge Studios, TV stations such as Global TV and comprehensive industrial estates.

More recently, Richard C. Cook, an analyst for the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Food and Drug Administration, NASA, the U. S. Treasury Department, and author of the books Challenger Revealed and We Hold These Truths, has written several articles relating to Social Credit and monetary reform at Global Research, an independent research and media group of writers, scholars, journalists and activists.

* Ecosystem ecology The " SolVin-Pretzel " because of its shape was the name given to the inflatable United Nations Global Canopy Programme's light weight research platform which is placed on top of the canopy of rainforests to study the ecology below.

In 2008, a $ 25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded a large share of the cost for a research facility for a new WSU School for Global Animal Health.

Including new subsidiaries Primark Decision Economics ; DAFSA, a European market research company ; and Primark Poland, a software development company ; Global Insight was planned to employ about 500, have 30 offices world wide, and have annual revenue of USD 70 million.

On November 2, 2007, IHS Global Insight acquired SupplierBusiness bringing together the recognized market leader in global automotive forecasting services with the world's leading provider of automotive supply-based research and intelligence.

Some of the research centers include: 3i Venturelab, INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, Abu Dhabi Centre for Executive Education and Research, Asia Pacific Institute of Finance, INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, INSEAD-Wharton Center for Global Research and Education ( directed by Professor Serguei Netessine ), Euro-Asia and Comparative Research Centre ( directed by Gordon Redding ), Centre for Decision Making and Risk Analysis and the INSEAD Innovation and Policy Initiative.