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Jeffrey Sachs
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American economist (born 1954)
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Jeffrey David Sachs is an American economist, university teacher, and writer. Born in Detroit on November 5, 1954, he is a member of the Jewish people and speaks English. He was educated at Harvard University and Harvard College. His professional affiliations include Columbia University, the United Nations, and The Earth Institute. He also serves with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
Sachs has received the Padma Bhushan, the Blue Planet Prize, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the Econometric Society. His doctoral advisor was Martin Feldstein. He has advised doctoral students including Alberto Alesina, Michael C. Burda, Philip R. Lane, and Nouriel Roubini. His notable works include *Understanding China's economic performance* and *Climate, water navigability and economic development*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- November 5, 1954
- Works
- 63
Top works
- Understanding China's economic performance
- Climate, water navigability and economic development
- Pattern of trade and economic development in the model of monopolistic competition
- Factor costs and macroeconomic adjustment in the open economy
- Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1998
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Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known for
- Thank You Dr. Fauci2024
- Great Minds — Self2021
- The Weight of Chains 3 — Himself2019
- Climate: A Few Degrees Less — Self / Director of the Earth Institute2015
- Every Three Seconds2014
- Seeds of Hope — Self2010
- I Am Because We Are — Self2008
- Q&A — Self - Panellist2008
- Wintergasten2007
- The Colbert Report2005
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Official website
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development., Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.
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- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- APEC Indonesia 2013
- Doctoral advisor
- Martin Feldstein
- Official website
- jeffsachs.org
- Image
- FMSTAN & SPIDER Global meeting in Austrian Foreign Ministries in Vienna (49120446508) (cropped).jpg
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- Columbia University
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- The Earth Institute
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey David Sachs (/sæks/ SAKS; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst. He is a professor at Columbia University, at which he was formerly director of The Earth Institute and currently director of the Center for Sustainable Development.
From 2002 to 2018, Sachs was special adviser to the UN Secretary-General. He has been president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Sachs is co-founder and chief strategist of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty and hunger. From 2002 to 2006, he was director of the United Nations Millennium Project's work on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 2010, he became a commissioner for the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, whose stated aim is to boost the importance of broadband internet in international policy. He is an SDG Advocate for United Nations (UN) secretary-general António Guterres on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 global goals adopted at a UN summit meeting in 2015.
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