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This chapter describes why the concept of sustainable development is so important, why it is so important that we orient towards the three objectives of prosperity,… -
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Gender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual… -
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In this conversation, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Robert Lustig discuss the relationship between nutrition and non-communicable disease, the dangers of processed… -
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Price fluctuations happen as a result of the storage process from seasonal harvests and the working of the markets and the supply chain, as these harvests need to be… -
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The sixth wave of globalization is the one expected to characterize the 21st century. In this chapter, Professor Sachs provides an overview of the Planetary Boundaries… -
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This is the first lecture in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. … -
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Good governance is a tenet of development, and when governments are corrupt, economic development and individual sense of well-being within the government's reach… -
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The COVID-19 global health pandemic is rapidly changing the ways we live and work. In the age of sustainable development and at a time when the world is working towards… -
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How does global public health change throughout time? In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy addresses this question, looking at how we predict the changes in public… -
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This chapter focuses o the six sources of well-being, challenging the traditional capitalist idea that consumers will maximize their well-being and instead looking at… -
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In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the second key transformation, health and wellbeing. The many dimensions of achieving this transformation are considered,… -
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This chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability. It takes people to make a change. Be an informed… -
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This chapter discusses food security and how food security is measured, who is food insecure and where they are located, as well as progress to date on addressing the… -
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Poverty has been an important part of the development agenda since the 1990s, but the way that we measure poverty has changed drastically over the years. Inequality is… -
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COVID-19 is complicating SDG implementation efforts as well as posing a real risk to achieving targets on communicable disease, education, life expectancy, and decent… -
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Every night, 795 million people go to bed hungry although we produce sufficient food to provide an average 2700 kilocalories every day per person. Four billion metric…