The essence of Africa's crises is fundamentally it's extreme poverty. Jeffrey Sachs More Quotes by Jeffrey Sachs More Quotes From Jeffrey Sachs Measuring self-reported happiness and achieving well-being should be on every nation's agenda as they begin to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals, indeed the goals themselves embody the very idea that human well-being should be nurtured through a holistic approach that combines economic, social and environmental objectives. Jeffrey Sachs top-news Indeed the goals themselves embody the very idea that human well-being should be nurtured through a holistic approach that combines economic, social and environmental objectives, rather than taking a narrow approach focused solely on economic growth,we should promote societies that are prosperous, just, and environmentally sustainable. Jeffrey Sachs top-news From Iraq to Syria to Libya to covert operations, when I traveled extensively in those areas like I do, I see a tremendous amount of the fallout from misguided U.S. policies. Jeffrey Sachs politics I think we needed a very different approach in foreign policy so I wanted to share my thoughts on that and believe that (Sanders) has been expressing a more accurate way to go forward. Jeffrey Sachs politics 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 they'd borrow a bit more and do even better. Jeffrey Sachs owndoingbetterliving We, being the Western world, wouldn't let Russia off the hook on debt. So there were demands on debt servicing in the early days until they ran out of reserves. There was no real aid program, just a fictional aid program. Jeffrey Sachs beingdebtrealworld Let's start fresh with Russia on some real help and some real reform. Jeffrey Sachs freshhelpstartreal We're going to have to forgive a great deal of the Soviet era debt. There's no question about that. Let's face up to that. We're going to have to put in money if Russia is really going to consolidate a democracy. Jeffrey Sachs facegreatdemocracymoney
