Session 1: Course Launch, Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development Prior to his arrival at Columbia University in July 2002, Sachs spent over twenty years at Harvard University, most recently as Director of...
View ArticleSession 2: MDGs, John McArthur
John McArthur Associate Director, CGSD, Earth Institute at Columbia University John McArthur guides the Earth Institute’s development policy-focused initiatives, with particular emphasis on the...
View ArticleSession 3: Agriculture and Growth in Africa, Freddie Kwesiga
Freddie Kwesiga Coordinator of the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Accra, Ghana As the coordinator or the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme (SSA...
View ArticleSession 4: Food Production and Nutrition, Lawrence Haddad
Lawrence Haddad Director, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex Formerly a research Director and Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Dr. Haddad...
View ArticleSession 4: Food Production and Nutrition, Alice Pell
Alice Pell Director, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) A cum laude graduate of Radcliffe College with an A.B. in architectural science, Alice Pell wrote her...
View ArticleSession 6: Migration, Trade, and Development, Milena Novy-Marx
Milena Novy-Marx Program Officer, Human Rights and International Justice MacArthur Foundation Milena Novy-Marx joined the MacArthur Foundation in 2003 after having spent several years as an economic...
View ArticleSession 7: Technology and Engineering, Lee Yee Choeng
Lee Yee Choeng President ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology Dato’ Ir. Lee Yee Cheong, studied in the University of Adelaide, South Australia on a Colombo Plan scholarship and graduated with...
View ArticleSession 8: Participatory Learning, Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor Head of Graduate Programmes, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex Peter Taylor has worked for many years on issues relating to education for agricultural and rural...
View ArticleSession 9: Climate Change, RK Pachauri
RK Pachauri Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change After working in India as a manager for Diesel Locomotive Works, Dr Pachauri pursued his graduate studies at North Carolina State...
View ArticleSession 10: Climate Change, Laurence Tubiana
Laurence Tubiana Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) Laurence Tubiana is the head of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International...
View ArticleSession 10: Climate Change, Virgilio Viana
Virgilio Viana Director General, Amazonas Sustainability Foundation An expert in Forestry and Sustainable Development, Virgílio Viana received his forestry degree from University of São Paulo/ESALQ, a...
View ArticleSession 11: The Future of Global Health, Jim Yong Kim
Jim Yong Kim François Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health Dr. Kim has 20 years of experience in improving health in developing countries. He is a...
View ArticleSession 12: Chronic Disease Control, Jeffrey Koplan
Jeffrey Koplan Vice President for Global Health, Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center Dr. Koplan began his public health career in the early 1970's as one of the CDC's celebrated "disease...
View ArticleSession 13: Ethics and Global Development, John DeGioia
John DeGioia President, Georgetown University Dr. DeGioia has served as an integral member of Georgetown University’s administration and faculty for over twenty-seven years. Prior to his appointment as...
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