The Age of Sustainable Development

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Columbia University Press, Mar 3, 2015 - Political Science - 544 pages

Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development.

Sachs offers readers, students, activists, environmentalists, and policy makers the tools, metrics, and practical pathways they need to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Far more than a rhetorical exercise, this book is designed to inform, inspire, and spur action. Based on Sachs's twelve years as director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, his thirteen years advising the United Nations secretary-general on the Millennium Development Goals, and his recent presentation of these ideas in a popular online course, The Age of Sustainable Development is a landmark publication and clarion call for all who care about our planet and global justice.

 

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Contents

1 Introduction to Sustainable Development
1
2 An Unequal World
45
3 A Brief History of Economic Development
71
4 Why Some Countries Developed While Others Stayed Poor
101
5 Ending Extreme Poverty
139
6 Planetary Boundaries
181
7 Social Inclusion
219
8 Education for All
251
10 Food Security
317
11 Resilient Cities
355
12 Climate Change
393
13 Saving Biodiversity and Protecting Ecosystem Services
447
14 Sustainable Development Goals
481
Bibliography
513
Index
521
Copyright

9 Health for All
275

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About the author (2015)

Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, best-selling author, and syndicated columnist. He serves as the director of the Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He is special advisor to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations on the Millennium Development Goals, and he held the same position under Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He is director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network as well as cofounder and director of the Millennium Villages Project. He has authored three New York Times best-sellers in the past seven years: The End of Poverty; Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet; and The Price of Civilization. His most recent book is To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace.

Ban Ki-moon is the secretary-general of the United Nations, an office he assumed in 2007. He was previously the foreign minister of the Republic of Korea.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Age of Sustainable Development
AuthorJeffrey D. Sachs
ContributorBan Ki-moon
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherColumbia University Press, 2015
ISBN0231539002, 9780231539005
Length544 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development
Business & Economics / Environmental Economics
Medical / Public Health
Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Science / Global Warming & Climate Change
  
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