Jeffrey Sachs
Director @Center For Sustainable Development, Earth Institute
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WORK HISTORY
Director @Center For Sustainable Development, Earth Institute
New York, NY, US
EDUCATION
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Harvard University
Master's (M.A)
Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
SKILLS
ABOUT JEFFREY SACHS
Jeffrey Sachs is widely recognized for bold and effective strategies to address complex challenges including debt crises, hyperinflations, the transition from central planning to market economies, the control of AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, the escape from extreme poverty, and the battle against human-induced climate change. Sachs has authored numerous bestselling books. His most recent book is \"The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions\"(2020). Sachs recently launched the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. Join live conversations about the most scintillating books in the monthly Book Club: Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor, the university’s highest academic rank. Sachs held the position of Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, and an SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. From 2001-18, Sachs served as Special Advisor to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan (2001-7), Ban Ki-moon (2008-16), and António Guterres (2017-18).
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