High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them  June 18,
2002 // 12:00am  By Robert Lalasz  18 June 2002—A tense
community, an impending showdown, and time running out—the
classic movie High Noon is a perfect metaphor for today's global
situation, says Jean-François Rischard, World Bank vice-
president for Europe.  Rischard, author of the new book High
Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them
(Perseus Books), told a Wilson Center audience that the world
faces a crucial window of opportunity to solve its most serious
challenges. "The real subtitle [to the book] is the urgent need
for new approaches to global problem-solving," Rischard said.
Population and Economics, Not "Globalization" Rischard began by
saying that he hates the terms "globalization" and "global
governance." "There is not one marching force called
‘globalization,'" he argued. "There are actually two forces at
work that will dramatically change the planet—and these two
forces [population and the new world economy] are runn