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Dr Jeffrey David Sachs
USA

Dr Jeffrey David Sachs

Economist

Date of Birth: 05/11/1954
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan

Married to Sonia Ehrlich Sachs with 3 children

Education: BA, summa cum laude, Harvard College, 1976; MA, Harvard University, 1978; PhD, Harvard University, 198.

Career: Various professorships, Harvard University, 1980-95; Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development, 1995-99; Director of the Center for International Development, Harvard, 1999-2002; Director of Columbia University's Earth Institute as well as Professor of Sustainable Development and of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, 2002 to date.