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Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs - Interview
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21min 55sec. He talks about international development, emphasising the urgent need to end extreme poverty by redirecting funding away from unproductive war efforts and into ground-up development projects.

21 min 55 sec,  Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Interview with Universal Giving- 7th Sept 06

Jeffrey Sachs is the Director of both the Earth Institute at Columbia University and of the United Nations Millennium Project.
 
In this interview, he criticises US foreign policy arguing that global security is best achieved by relieving the poverty and deprivation which is the root cause of conflict and terrorism around the world.