Soil mapping is one of the pillars to the challenge of sustainable development Jeffrey Sachs More Quotes by Jeffrey Sachs More Quotes From Jeffrey Sachs I think the IMF helped to detonate the Indonesian crisis. Jeffrey Sachs imf crisis thinking In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving, decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided to borrow a bit more and do even better. Jeffrey Sachs successful philosophy country My colleagues and I took a stand in our work several years ago that we would not look for the magic bullet, because there is none. These are just basic problems requiring basic work. Nothing magic about it. Jeffrey Sachs magic goal years The world got side-tracked from development issues during the post-9/11 crisis period. Jeffrey Sachs issues development world Our interconnectedness on the planet is the dominating truth of the 21st century. One stark result is that the world's poor live, and especially die, with the awareness that the United States is doing little to mobilise the weapons of mass salvation that could offer them survival, dignity and eventually the escape from poverty. Jeffrey Sachs united-states survival truth White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues. Jeffrey Sachs issues military white Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world. Jeffrey Sachs agency cutting hands If we did go into a recession, something that's always possible for the U.S. or Europe, we could lower interest rates and expand the money supply without worrying about the price of gold. Jeffrey Sachs gold worry europe Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else. Jeffrey Sachs trends technology ideas The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule. Jeffrey Sachs united-states commitment ideas Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain. Jeffrey Sachs eight russia pain The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed. Jeffrey Sachs bitter waiting fun There is no economic imperative that will condemn us to deplete our vital resource base, but neither is there an invisible hand that will prevent us from doing so. Jeffrey Sachs invisible-hand economic hands We've taken the view that if the rest of the world would democratize and create market economies, that would spread the benefits of prosperity around the world, and that it would enhance our own prosperity, and our own stability and security, as well. Jeffrey Sachs benefits taken views Devaluations are never easy. Jeffrey Sachs easy We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy. Jeffrey Sachs intellectual rights ideas The defining challenge of the 21st century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet. Jeffrey Sachs fate challenges reality The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia. Jeffrey Sachs imf thailand running We are not at war (except with our own demons). Jeffrey Sachs demon war We put this report out ... as a kind of spur, 'Remember these goals? You signed up to them. Here's where you are.'. Jeffrey Sachs energy