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University Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs

Director, Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), Columbia Climate School

Professor, M.P.A. in Development Practice

School of International and Public Affairs

Suite 1040
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115

BIOGRAPHY: Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development. He has been advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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PROJECTS

Only select projects listed below
Name Start Date End Date
Achieving Sustainable Development in the Coffee Sector
Annual Global Happiness Council Policy Report 7/1/18 8/31/19
Business Alignment with the SDGs 6/1/19 7/30/20
Collaboration between the Asian Development Bank and the Earth Institute; Policies to meet global economic challenges - Asia's perspective 3/21/12 11/30/16
Consultancy Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Earth Institute 3/24/10 3/23/13
Consultancy Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Earth Institute II 6/15/12 6/14/13
Consultancy Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Earth Institute III 12/5/13 12/4/14
Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project 1/1/15 12/31/15
Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP)-IDDRI Subgrant 5/1/15 8/31/15
Energy Programming NYC 3/24/10 3/23/13
Kapuscinski Development Lecture in New York City 8/25/15 12/31/15
Masters of Development Practice 9/1/08 2/28/15
Memorandum of Understanding - Emirates Competitiveness Council 8/1/13 12/31/13
Merry Year Agreement Gumulira Millennium Village Project 1/1/13 12/31/15
Norwegian contribution to ministerial Working Group on Scaling up Health Systems in low-Income Settings To Achieve the MDGS 12/15/09 12/31/15
Postkodstiftelsen funding for SDSN 3/1/13 12/31/14
Renewal: General Operating Support for the Center for Sustainable Development 1/29/18 1/31/21
Renewal: General Operating Support for the Center for Sustainable Development 1/29/18 12/31/21
Research to Engage Religious Communities in Sustainable Development - Climate Change and Sustainable 9/1/14 12/31/17
Science-Based Policy Innovation and Implementation for the MDGs 10/1/06 12/31/11
SDSN - Networks 7/1/15 6/30/16
Subgrant to support the Annual World Happiness Report 1/30/17 11/30/19
SDSN-Earth Institute Ericsson collaboration on ICT for Post-2015 Sustainable Development 1/1/15 6/15/16
Sovereign Debt Crises in the US and the Eurozone: Potential Regional Impacts on Asia 12/7/12 2/21/13
Sustainable Business Practices in the Food Sector: Business in Action 3/1/19 2/28/21
Sustainable Development in Mali: Improving the livelihoods of rural poor in the drylands of the Sahel through the management and enrichment of local plant diversity 1/1/09 12/31/13
Sustainable Development Solutions Network 12/1/14 12/31/15
Sustainable Development Solutions Network 7/1/15 10/31/15
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) 11/1/15 10/31/17
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Financing Sustainable Development 11/9/15 1/8/16
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) USA SDG Initiative 9/1/15 8/31/16
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), USA SDG Initiative 7/1/15 6/30/16
Sustainable Development Solutions Network partnership with USAID to take solutions to scale 9/1/14 12/1/14
Sustainable Development Solutions Network -Proposal for GIZ 9/1/13 6/30/15
The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan African Countries and Beyond technologies and tools 11/1/11 12/31/16
The Global Master's of Development Practice Programs Secretariat 12/1/10 7/31/13
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network 7/1/15 6/30/17
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency support for SDSN 4/1/13 6/30/17
TIMOR-LESTE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 5/1/10 2/29/12
UNICEF and Columbia University's Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute Working as Partners on the Design and Development of a Foundational learning Program on "Meeting Children's rights in urban settings" 7/1/19 6/30/22
World Happiness Report 2015, Happiness and Wellbeing Research 1/1/15 12/31/15
Global Council for Happiness and Well-being 11/1/19 4/30/22
General Operating Support for the Center for Sustainable Development 2/1/21 12/31/23
Sustainable Business Practices in the Food Sector: Business in Action, Phase 2 of Fixing the Business Food Project 6/1/21 12/1/21
Economic Recovery from Disasters Training Program 10/1/16 3/31/21

210 PUBLICATIONS ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS

Only select publications listed below
Name Published Date
The Cost of Capital: Lowering the Cost of Capital for Climate and SDG Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies 2025
Fixing the Business of Food: Aligning Food Company Practices with the SDGs 2021
Handbook for SDG-Aligned Food Companies: Four Pillar Framework Standards 2021
Roadmap to Zero-Carbon Electrification of Africa 2021
COVID-19 and Multilateralism 2020
Health Priorities for Sustainable Development 2020
Ensuring Economic Viability & Sustainability of Coffee Production 2019
Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development 2019
Post-Demonetization E-Payment Trends 2018
企业不应该唯利是图 2017
Corporations need to look beyond profits 2017
Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Public Interest and U.S. Domestic Law 2015
Memos to the SEC on the Proposed Rule on Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers: 2 2015
Assessing “Dangerous Climate Change”: Required Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature 2013
On the Economy, Think Long-Term 2013
Effective monitoring of agriculture: a response 2012
India's Decade of Development: Looking Back at the Last 10 Years, and Looking Forward to the Next 20 2011
Monitoring the world's agriculture 2010
Achieving Global Cooperation on Economic Recovery and Long-Term Sustainable Development 2009
Improving Access, Service Delivery and Efficiency of the Public Health System in Rural India 2009
India's Decade of Development 2009
Innovative Approaches to Meeting the Hunger MDG in Africa 2009
Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution 2009
Introduction to the Challenges of Sustainable Development 2009
The African Millennium Villages 2009
Improving Global Health in the Developing World, An Interview with Jeffrey Sachs 2008
Paths to Peace Through Compassion, Cooperation and Sustainable Development 2008
Scaling Up Primary Education Services in Rural Tamil Nadu: Public Investment Requirements and Reform 2008
Scaling Up Primary Health Services in Rural Tamil Nadu: Public Investment Requirements and Health Sector Reform 2008
Africa's Lagging Demographic Transition: Evidence from Exogenous Impacts of Malaria Ecology and Agricultural Technology 2007
First Max Havelaar Lecture: Development Is a Practical Challenge 2007
Speech at the Hertie School of Governance, March 2, 2007 2007
Statement to the African Leaders at the Closed Session of NEPAD on July 7, 2004 2007
The End of Poverty 2007
The South Asian Story of Development: Opportunities and Risks: The Role of the Business Community 2007
Transcript of Jeffrey Sachs Interview with Open House, February 25, 2007 2007
Incorporating a Rapid-Impact Package for Neglected Tropical Diseases with Programs for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: A Comprehensive Pro-Poor Health Policy and Strategy for the Developing World 2006
Keynote Address, 97th Annual Rotary International Convention, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 14, 2006 2006
Our Common Humanity in the Information Age 2006
Practical Approaches to Ending Extreme Poverty in Africa 2006
SBRI Presentation 2006
The Challenge of Sustainable Development in Latin America 2006
The Politics of Global Climate Change 2006
The Role of the Universities in the Millennium Villages Project 2006
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The Case of Malaria 2005
A Global Compact to End Poverty: Jeffrey Sachs on Stabilisation, Transition and Weapons of Mass Salvation 2005
Challenges of Sustainable Development 2005
Ending Poverty: How Universities Can Help 2005
India's Challenge to Meet the Millennium Development Goals 2005
Poverty Reduction in the Islamic World: Lessons from the UN Millennium Project 2005
Response to Amir Attaran 2005
Scaling Up Primary Education Services in Rural India 2005
Scaling Up Primary Education Services in Rural India: Public Investment Requirements and Policy Reform: Case Studies of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh 2005
Scaling Up Primary Health Services in Rural India 2005
Scaling Up Primary Health Services in Rural India: Public Investment Requirements and Health Sector Reform: Case Studies of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh 2005
The Business Community and the Millennium Development Goals 2005
Time to Get Serious About Our Commitments 2005
Why the U.S. Needs the U.N. More Than Ever 2005
Analytical Deliberation on Sustainable Development 2004
Concrete Measures for Advancing the Millennium Development Goals 2004
Ensuring India's Sustainable Development 2004
Global Services Sourcing: Issues of Cost and Quality 2004
Health in the developing world: achieving the Millennium Development Goals 2004
Meeting the Hunger Millennium Development Goal 2004
Millennium Development Goals: Reality and Prospects 2004
National Common Minimum Programme of the Congress-Led United Progressive Alliance: Policy Reform and Public Investment Requirements 2004
Reaching the Millennium Development Goals in South Asia 2004
Stages of Economic Development 2004
Sustainable Energy Systems for the 21st Century 2004
Understanding "Us" versus "Them" 2004
Welcome Address at the State of the Planet 04 2004
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Health in the Developing World 2003
American intentions are tainted by Iraq's oil 2003
America should not fight AIDS on its own 2003
A Miserly Response to a Global Emergency 2003
A Rich Nation, a Poor Continent 2003
A world for which Bush cares little 2003
Bush's billions will prolong Iraq's woes 2003
Economic Reforms in Emerging Economies 2003
Ending Global Poverty 2003
Institutions Don't Rule: Direct Effects of Geography on Per Capita Income 2003
Institutions Don't Rule: Direct Effects of Geography on Per Capita Income 2003
Institutions Don't Rule: Direct Effects of Geography on Per Capita Income 2003
Institutions Don't Rule: Direct Effects of Geography on Per Capita Income 2003
Lessons for Brazil from China's Success 2003
Managing Global-Scale Risks 2003
The Millennium Compact and the End of Hunger 2003
The Roadblock to a Sovereign Bankruptcy Law 2003
The Strategic Significance of Global Inequality 2003
Visiting Global Policies for Sustainable Development: A Transatlantic Dialogue 2003
Winning the Fight Against Disease: A New Global Strategy 2003
African HIV/AIDS Crisis: Pursuing Both Treatment and Prevention 2002
A new global effort to control malaria 2002
China's Economic Growth After WTO Membership 2002
Geography, Economic Policy, and Regional Development in China 2002
Understanding Regional Economic Growth in India 2002
Understanding Regional Economic Growth in India 2002
Geography, Economic Policy and Regional Development in China 2001
Institutions and Geography: Comment on Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson (2000) 2001
The Decade of Development: Goal Setting and Policy Challenges in India 2001

CONTACT

sachs@columbia.edu

212-870-2762

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