Articles by Jeffrey Sachs

Topic: Food/Hunger

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2012

"The effect of an integrated multisector model for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and improving child survival in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a non-randomised controlled assessment," with Paul M Pronyk, Maria Muniz, Ben Nemser, Marie-Andrée Somers, Lucy McClellan, Cheryl A Palm, Uyen Kim Huynh, Yanis Ben Amor, Belay Begashaw, John W McArthur, Amadou Niang, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Prabhjot Singh, and Awash Teklehaimanot. The Lancet, 8 May 2012.

"How Malawi Fed Its Own People," International Herald Tribune, 19 April 2012. [Download as PDF]

2011

"Multisector intervention to accelerate reductions in child stunting: an observational study from 9 sub-Saharan African countries," with Roseline Remans, Paul M Pronyk, Jessica C Fanzo, Jiehua Chen, Cheryl A Palm, Bennett Nemser, Maria Muniz, Alex Radunsky, Alem Hadera Abay, Mouctar Coulibaly, Joseph Mensah-Homiah, Margaret Wagah, Xiaoyi An, Christine Mwaura, Eva Quintana, Marie-Andree Somers, Pedro A Sanchez, Sonia E Sachs, and John W McArthur. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 95, 26 October 2011.

"The Budget for True National Security," Huffington Post, 7 October 2011. [Download as PDF]

"In the Front Line," Our Planet, September 2011. [Download as PDF]

"Need Versus Greed," Project Syndicate, 28 February 2011. [Download as PDF]

2010

"Millennium Goals, Five Years to Go," Huffington Post, 19 September 2010. [Download as PDF]

"Saying "Nuts" to Hunger," Huffington Post, 9 September 2010. [Download as PDF]

2008

"How to Solve the Growing Global Food Crisis, in Three Steps." NY Daily News. 23 July 2008. [Download as PDF]

"Surging Food Prices and Global Stability." Scientific American. June 2008.

"The African Green Revolution." Scientific American. May 2008.

"How to Feed the World." Newsweek. 10 May 2008. [Download as PDF]

"Bhagwati and Sachs on the Food Crisis." International Herald Tribune. 7 May 2008. [Download as PDF]

"Common Wealth." TIME Magazine. March 2008. [Download as PDF]

2007

"Revamping U.S. Foreign Assistance" with Leo Hindery, Jr. and Gayle E. Smith. HELP Commission Minority Report. December 2007.

"The Forbes One Billion." Forbes. October 2007. [Download as PDF]

The African Millennium Villages,” with Pedro Sanchez, Cheryl Palm, Glenn Denning, Rafael Flor, Rebbie Harawa, Bashir Jama, Tsegazeab Kiflemariam, Bronwen Konecky, Raffaela Kozar, Eliud Lelerai, Alia Malik, Vijay Modi, Patrick Mutuo, Amadou Niang, Herine Okoth, Frank Place, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Amir Said, David Siriri, Awash Teklehaimanot, Karen Wang, Justine Wangila, and Colleen Zamba. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Special Feature: Sustainability Science, 104 , no. 43 (October, 23 2007): 1677580.

"Breaking the Poverty Trap." Scientific American. September, 2007. [Download as PDF]

"The Promise of the Blue Revolution." Scientific American. July 2007.
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"What a Little Fertilizer Can Do." Time. 26 July 2007.
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"How the Rich World can Help Africa Help Itself." Financial Times. 30 May 2007.
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"Rapid Victories Against Extreme Poverty," Scientific American. April 2007.
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2006

Poverty, AIDS and Hunger: Breaking the Poverty Trap in Malawi, with Anne C. Conroy, Malcolm J. Blackie, Alan Whiteside, Justin C. Malawezi, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

2004

“We Can End World Hunger: Here’s How,” with Pedro Sanchez, World Ark, November/ December 2004.
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"Ending World Hunger," Poder Magazine, October 2004.
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"Une révolution verte pour l'Afrique," with Pedro Sanchez, Le Monde, August 10, 2004.
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2003

"Who will lead the war on want?" Global Agenda 2003 - Magazine of the World Forum Economic Annual Meeting 2003.
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