UN Millennium Development Library

Description

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.

Jeffrey D. Sachs is Project Director of the UN Millennium Project and its Task Forces, which comprise more than 250 experts from around the world, including scientists, development practitioners, parliamentarians, policy-makers and representatives from civil society, UN agencies, the World Bank, the IMF and the private sector.