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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

Prof. Elliott D. Sclar

Prof. Elliott D. Sclar is Professor of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He holds senior academic appointments in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and the School of International and Public Affairs. Previously he served on the faculty of the Heller Graduate School at Brandeis University. Prof. Sclar has published extensively on urban planning, local economic development strategies for regional growth, privatization of public services, and transport policies. His recent book "You Don't Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization," has won the 2000 Louis Brownlow Award from the Academy of Public Administration and the 2001 Charles Levine Prize from the International Political Science Association. Prof. Sclar has wide-ranging experience as a consultant in community development planning, transportation policy, and housing needs. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Tufts University.

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.

Please visit MDG Support to get the latest information.

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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