Articles by Jeffrey Sachs

Topic: United Nations

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2013

"Writing the Future," Project Syndicate, January 24, 2013. Download as [PDF]

2012

"A Global Solutions Network," Project Syndicate, August 22, 2012. Download as [PDF]

"A Rio Report Card," Project Syndicate, June 18, 2012. Download as [PDF]

"From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals," The Lancet, June 9, 2012. Download as [PDF]

2011

"Ban Ki-moon and the Age of Sustainable Development," Project Syndicate, June 24, 2011. [Download as PDF]

2009

"Towards a global fund for the health MDGs?" with Paul Pronyk. The Lancet. 20 June 2009.

"Homegrown Aid." The New York Times. 8 April 2009. [Download as PDF]

"Eight Principles for a Global Agreement on Climate Change." COP15 UN Climate Change Change Conference Blog. 28 January 2009. [Download as PDF]

2008

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, Penguin Press, 2008.

"Puzzlement at banks' bail-out while aid commitments flounder." Financial Times. 23 September 2008. [Download as PDF]

"This week should see real progress on poverty alleviation." Financial Times. 22 September 2008. [Download as PDF]

"Millennium Goals at the Midpoint." Scientific American. August 2008.

"The Millennium Development Goals: running out of excuses." G8 Summit 2008 publication. July 2008.
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"A Deadline on Malaria." Scientific American. July 2008.

"Progress summary of the MDGs: update for ministers." The Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book. June 2008.
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2007

"The Secretary-General: Indispensable for Sustainable Development." UN Chronicle. Issue 1, 2007.
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2006

"Hitting the Target," with Guido Schmidt-Traub. Words into Action, IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. September 2006.
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"Investments Toward Sustainable Development," with Walter V. Reid. Science, Vol. 312. 19 May 2006.
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2005

"Why the U.S. Needs the U.N. More than Ever." Opening Argument, Vol. 1, Issue 2. December, 2005. 
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"Response to Amir Attaran," with John McArthur & Guido Schmidt-Traub, PLoS Medicine, November 29, 2005.
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"US leadership may be set to reach a consensus with the world's poorest," Financial Times, September 13, 2005.
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"Economic Possibilities for our Time," 16th Annual Panglaykim Memorial Lecture, Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2005.
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"Hope and generosity can triumph over hate," Financial Times, July 11, 2005.
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"Spirit of London a Lesson for the World," Financial Times (online), July 4-8, 2005.
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"The Year of Development," Global Future, Second Quarter, 2005.
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"The End of Poverty," Time, March 14, 2005.
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"The Millennium Project: A plan to meet the Millennium Development Goals," Lancet, Vol. 365, January 22, 2005.
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2004

"How to Halve World Poverty," The Economist -- The World in 2005, November 2004.
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"The G8 must fund the war against poverty," Financial Times, June 7, 2004.
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"Priorities for meeting the Millennium Development Goals," with John McArthur, Global Future Magazine, First Quarter 2004.
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2003

“New Challenges 1: The Millennium Development Goals - How Far We Have Come,” Development Cooperation Ireland Annual Report 2003.
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"The World must not let America set its agenda," Financial Times, October 15, 2003
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2002

"Weapons of Mass Salvation," The Economist, October 26, 2002.
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"How to save the world in Johannesburg," Financial Times, August 13, 2002
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2001

"A Global Fund for the Fight Against AIDS". Washington Post. April 7, 2001. [Download as PDF]