'?The official overview of the flagship publication Investing in Development, the capstone report in the 14-volume UN Millennium Development Library?Directed by Jeffrey D. Sachs, named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, current Director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and Special Adviser to former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan?The essential reference work for all governments, policymakers, aid and donor agencies, development practitioners, researchers, and students worldwideThis Overview is an invaluable summary of the capstone volume Investing in Development, which brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project, commissioned by former UN Director-General Kofi Annan and directed by Jeffrey D. Sachs, one of world?'s leading economists. The Overview provides a user friendly introduction to the main volume, which is the official action plan for ending poverty, providing practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, and an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) within ten years.The UN Millennium Development Library Investing in Development, in conjunction with 13 associated thematic publications, comprises the UN Millennium Library. This comprehensive set of reference handbooks charts world progress and presents strategies for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions'income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure, and shelter'by 2015, while promoting gender equality, education, health, and environmental sustainability. The Millennium Development Library is the official, comprehensive point of reference and action plan for achieving the fundamental development objectives embodied in the MDGs, adopted by the UN and world leaders in 2000.