Abstract: He is currently the Director of the EARTH INSTITUTE and Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was formerly the Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and Professor of International Trade at Harvard University. In January 2002, Prof. Sachs was appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, as his Special Advisor to the United Nations on the Millennium Development Goals Program. During 2000/2001 he was the Chairman of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health of the World Health Organisation. And from September 1999 to March 2000 he served as a Member of the International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission established by US Congress. He served as Economic Advisor to several Governments in the past and now advises governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia and Africa. I just read somewhere that he was one of the people who advised Bolivia when Bolivia had an inflation rate of 40% per year and within about a year it was down to 10%. He is also the Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Global Competitiveness Report and has been Consultant to the IMF, the World Bank, OECD and the United Nations Development Program.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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