Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recommendations for the U.N. Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-COVID-19 world.
Ms. Ghosh, 65, is a professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University for nearly 35 years and has authored several books.
The U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) announced that the 20 “prominent personalities, globally renowned for their intellectual leadership in economic and social fields, will form the second United Nations High-level Advisory Board (HLAB) on Economic and Social Affairs.” Over the next two years, the board will strengthen the United Nations thought leadership on sustainable development and reinforce its impact on policies at every level from global to local, it said.
UN names Jayati Ghosh to high-level advisory board on economic, social affairs
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Ghosh is one among 20 20 “prominent personalities, globally renowned for their intellectual leadership in economic and social fields, will form the second UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs.”
Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recommendations for the UN Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-Covid-19 world. Ghosh, 65, is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University for nearly 35 years and has authored several books.
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Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recommendations for the UN Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-COVID-19 world
PTI | January 25, 2021 | Updated 13:28 IST
Jayanti Ghosh, 65, is a professor of economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recommendations for the UN Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-COVID-19 world.
Friday, 22 January 2021, 4:18 pm
Twenty prominent personalities, globally renowned for
their intellectual leadership in economic and social fields,
will form the second United Nations High-level Advisory
Board (HLAB) on Economic and Social Affairs, the UN
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
announced today.
Over the next two years, the Board
will strengthen the United Nations thought leadership on
sustainable development and reinforce its impact on policies
at every level – from global to local.
Comprising a
diverse group of experts from around the world, the Board
will closely collaborate with UN DESA to provideguidance and
focused recommendations for the UN Secretary-General to