PARIS] Rapid technological progress has made the elimination of worldwide poverty by 2030 a realistic goal for the post-2015 development agenda, but the challenge now is how best to use these advances, which can also harm sustainable development, says a report by a UN-backed science network. Addressing this challenge must be a central question guiding [...]
By Juliet S. Sorensen 2:52 p.m. CDT, June 10, 2013 As director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General, Jeffrey Sachs has devoted his considerable intellect and energy to global development. It was in this capacity, he writes, that he came across John F. Kennedy’s commencement address at [...]
Jeffrey D. Sachs: Extreme poverty, in essence, means a daily struggle for survival. A billion or so people remain trapped in extreme poverty, lacking adequate household incomes, food security, education, basic infrastructure, and access to health care, and safety from natural hazards. Getting out of extreme poverty requires investments, in businesses, human capital (skills, health, nutrition), and [...]
What was the reaction to your appearance? An outpouring of emails and notes to me saying you’re right, right on, including from inside Wall Street. People recounting stories, people saying that they were happy to hear it because it was what they had observed as well. Actually (chuckles), no push back, strangely enough. I didn’t [...]
Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world’s foremost researchers and advocates for the eradication of malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other contributors to extreme poverty. His experience in this arena provides a powerful leadership model for assessing and innovating intervention efforts. Learn more about his experience and approach in the following excerpt from his lecture, Paths to Peace Through Compassion, Cooperation and Sustainable Development, [...]
The world is facing unrivalled environmental challenges with many of the pollution or emission indicators having already passed the “planetary boundary” the earth can withstand, according to Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. But one of the main speakers at the [...]
Earlier this week, a group of journalists met with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Jeffrey Sachs, and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina J. Mohammed to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the outstanding challenges. Read the rest at UN Dispatch.
The economist Jeffrey Sachs, 58, is such a citizen of the world — especially the crowded, hungry and malarial parts of the world — that it may be hard to imagine him among the creature comforts of the Upper West Side. Yet when he has a Sunday at home, Mr. Sachs, director of the Earth [...]
“It’s not my job to make the politicians happy” US economist Jeffrey Sachs proposes a master plan for the world economy: forgive Greece’s debt, make Southern Europe more like Germany, raise taxes in America. ZEIT ONLINE: The US will run into the next fiscal stand-off in a few weeks. In Europe, none of the crisis countries will manage to [...]
