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Hailed by The New York Times as ‘probably the most important economist in the world’, Jeffrey Sachs is internationally renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis. Now he draws on all he has learned from twenty-five years of work to offer a uniquely informed vision of the... More

This is a book about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century. Our task, Sachs argues, is to achieve truly sustainable development, by which he means finding a global course which enables the world to benefit from the spread of prosperity whi... More

This is a book about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century. Our task, Sachs argues, is to achieve truly sustainable development, by which he means finding a global course which enables the world to benefit from the spread of prosperity whi... More

In "Poland's jump to the Market Economy, "Jeffrey Sachs provides an insider's analysis of the political events and economic strategy behind the country's swift transition to capitalism and democracy. The greatest challenges to economic reform, Sachs points out, have been primarily political in natur... More

Now in paperback comes the "New York Times" bestseller--a landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens.A landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty for the worldas poorest citizens Among the most eagerly anticipated books of any year, this land... More

This book summarizes in a nontechnical fashion papers presented in volume 1, 2, and 3, of developing country Debt and Economic Performance. The national Bureau of Economic Research prepared this volume specifically for a nonspecialist audience and the volume is ideally suited for course use.For doze... More

Jeffrey Sachs provides an insider's analysis of the political events and economic strategy behind the country's swift transition to capitalism and democracy. Sachs reviews Poland's striking progress since the start of the economic reforms four years ago, which he helped design.In "Poland's Jump to t... More

-The official overview of the flagship publication Investing in Development, the capstone report in the 14-volume UN Millennium Development Library-Directed by Jeffrey D. Sachs, named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, current Director of The Earth Institute, Colum... More

This innovative new book from Xiaokai Yang introduces students to development economics through the lens of inframarginal and marginal analyses, and shows how this way of thinking has influenced a shift back to classical economic theory within the field of economic development. Yang offers a thoroug... More

For the past fifteen years Peru has suffered a profound and lasting economic crisis that threatens the stability of the country's fragile democratic system. Economic mismanagement has led to plummeting per capita income, accelerating inflation--an annualized rate of nearly 3,000 percent by 1989-- an... More