Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey David Sachs is an American economist, university teacher, and writer born in Detroit on November 5, 1954. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the Econometric Society. His professional affiliations include Harvard University, Columbia University, the United Nations, and The Earth Institute. He also serves with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Sachs received the Padma Bhushan, the Blue Planet Prize, and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was educated at Harvard College and Harvard University, where his doctoral advisor was Martin Feldstein. His doctoral students include Alberto Alesina, Michael C. Burda, Philip R. Lane, and Nouriel Roubini. He is Jewish and speaks English.

His notable works include *Understanding China's economic performance*, *Climate, water navigability and economic development*, and *Pattern of trade and economic development in the model of monopolistic competition*. He also contributed to *Factor costs and macroeconomic adjustment in the open economy* and the *Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1998*. He participated in APEC Indonesia 2013.