UN Millennium Project

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The Millennium Project

Contributors:

	· Task Forces
	· Secretariat Team
	· UN Experts Group

Statements of Support:

	· by Heads of State
	· by International Organizations
	· by Civil Society and Academia

Justin Yifu Lin

Justin Yifu Lin is Professor and Founding Director of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University and Professor of Economics at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an advisor to the State Leading Group of IT Development and a senior advisor to the Drafting Committee of China's Tenth Five-year Plan. He also serves on several international committees and councils on development policy, technology, and environment. Dr. Lin was awarded the 1993 and 2001 Sun Yefang Prize (the highest honour for an economist in China). He received his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.

As of Jan 1, 2007, the advisory work formerly carried out by the Millennium Project secretariat team is being continued by an MDG Support team integrated under the United Nations Development Program.

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Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
"Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

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