Jeffrey D. Sachs

• Director
  Earth Institute at Columbia University

1976, BA (Hons), Harvard College; 1978, MA and 1980, PhD, Harvard Univ. 1980, Assistant Professor; 1982, Associate Professor; 1983, Full Professor. Formerly: Director, Center for Int'l Development; Galen L Stone Professor, Intp'l Trade, Dept. of Economics, Harvard; Chairman, WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. Economic Adviser to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, CIS, Asia and Africa; Research Association, National Bureau of Economic Research. Co-Chair, Advisory Board, World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report. Currently: Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University and Special Advisor to the UNSG. Member: American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Brookings Panel of Economists. Author of many scholarly articles and books. Research: links between health and development, economic geography, globalization, emerging markets, global competitiveness, transitions to market economies, int'l financial markets and macroeconomic policy coordination, and macroeconomic policies in developing and developed countries. Recipient of awards.