UN Millennium Development Library (14 Volume Set)

The official UN strategy on how to reduce extreme poverty and achieve the fundamental worldwide human development goals for the coming decade Project 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, Columbia University, and Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan The essential reference work for all governments, policymakers, aid and donor agencies, development practitioners, researchers, and students world-wide The UN Millennium Development Library is the official UN strategy for overcoming poverty and achieving human development objectives embodied in the UN Millennium Development Goals, adopted in 2000 by world leaders. The Library, housing the flagship publication Investing in Development and 13 thematic volumes, presents strategies for action on poverty reduction, health--including HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, and medicine--water and sanitation, improving the lives of slum dwellers, trade, education, science and technology, and environmental sustainability. Project directed by Jeffrey Sachs, one of the world's leading economists, this essential collection is the only comprehensive and authoritative reference to the official UN plan of action on development. VOLUMES IN THE LIBRARY · Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals 1-84407-217-7 $29.95 · Halving Hunger: It Can Be Done 1-84407-220-7 $45.00 · Toward Universal Primary Education: Investments, Incentives, and Institutions 1-84407-221-5 $45.00 · Taking Action: Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women 1-84407-222-3 $45.00 · Who's Got the Power? Transforming Health Systems for Women and Children 1-84407-224-X $45.00 · Combating AIDS in the Developing World 1-84407-225-8 $45.00 · Coming to Grips with Malaria in the New Millennium 1-84407-226-6 $45.00 · Investing in Strategies to Reverse the Global Incidence of TB 1-84407-223-1 $45.00 · Prescription for Healthy Development: Increasing Access to Medicines 1-84407-227-4 $45.00 · Environment and Human Well-Being: A Practical Strategy 1-84407-228-2 $45.00 · Health, Dignity, and Development: What Will it Take? 1-84407-219-3 $45.00 · A Home in the City 1-84407-230-4 $45.00 · Trade for Development 1-84407-229-0 $45.00 · Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development 1-84407-218-5 $45.00Sachs, Jeffrey D. is the author of 'UN Millennium Development Library (14 Volume Set)', published 2005 under ISBN 9781844072347 and ISBN 1844072347.