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The Age of Sustainable Development
Contributor(s): Sachs, Jeffrey D. (Author), Ki-moon, Ban (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0231173148     ISBN-13: 9780231173148
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE:   $133.65  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development
- Business & Economics | Environmental Economics
- Science | Global Warming & Climate Change
Dewey: 338.927
LCCN: 2014034070
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 7.3" W x 9.1" (3.35 lbs) 544 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Sachs, Jeffrey D.: - Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University and serves as Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and his books include The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008), The Price of Civilization (2011), To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace (2013), The Age of Sustainable Development (Columbia University Press, 2015) and Building the New American Economy (Columbia University Press, 2017).