Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor at Columbia University, Director of its Earth Institute, and a special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. His work focuses on economic development and international aid, was he was Director of the UN Millennium Project from 2002 to 2006. His books include The End of Poverty and Common Wealth.
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Jeffrey D. Sachs
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A World Adrift
NEW YORK – The annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have provided a window onto two fundamental tren…
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Breakthrough Leadership for the World Bank
NEW YORK – Last month, I called for the World Bank to be led by a global development leader rather than a banker or political insider. “The …
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A World Bank for a New World
NEW YORK – The world is at a crossroads. Either the global community will join together to fight poverty, resource depletion, and climate ch…
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Sustainable Humanity
ADDIS ABABA – Sustainable development means achieving economic growth that is widely shared and that protects the earth’s vital resources. O…
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The Power of Living in Truth
NEW YORK – The world’s greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership. With a commitment to truth – scientif…
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Services without Tears
NEW YORK – A famous claim in economics is that the cost of services (such as health care and education) tends to increase relative to the co…
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A Nation of Vidiots
NEW YORK – The past half-century has been the age of electronic mass media. Television has reshaped society in every corner of the world. No…
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Globalization’s Government
NEW YORK – We live in an era in which the most important forces affecting every economy are global, not local. What happens “abroad” – in Ch…
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The Economics of Happiness
NEW YORK – We live in a time of high anxiety. Despite the world’s unprecedented total wealth, there is vast insecurity, unrest, and dissatis…
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Famine and Hope in the Horn of Africa
NAIROBI – Yet again, famine stalks the Horn of Africa. More than ten million people are fighting for survival, mainly pastoralist communitie…
A World Adrift
J. D. Sachs invade cinco puntos importantes: (1) el mecanismo de rescate que intenta crear el FMI con ayuda de los países en ascenso, (2) analiza el pasado, el presente y el futuro de la repartición d…
Services without Tears
Shriya Anand The cost of services like healthcare and education relative to the cost of goods increases when productivity increases in the services sector lag behind those in the primary or secondary sectors. Sin…