Assignment One
• Due October 30, 2023
• Please read chapters 1 – 7 and submit a book
report of 1500 words (+/- 200 words)
• Note: this is not a summary report. It is advised
that you will try to pick out 2-3 concepts or
messages that you find important, and
elaborate on the concepts with examples or
case studies that you have observed.
The Age of Sustainable Development
Jeffrey Sachs (薩克斯)
• Professor, Columbia University
• Founder, The Earth Institute
• Former chief economist of the
World Bank
• Key mind behind the
Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
• “End of Poverty”