HARDtalk:
Jeffrey Sachs
On
BBC News 24's HARDtalk tonight (Wednesday 22 January 2003), Tim
Sebastian interviews Jeffrey Sachs, economist.
It
takes a brave person to make forecasts about the global economy
over the next year but Jeffrey Sachs is known as someone who is
prepared to do so.
He
has acted as an economic adviser to countries all over the world,
including a turbulent time in Moscow as Russia lurched towards capitalism.
He
now assists the United Nations, campaigning on behalf of the poor
and the sick.
He
talks to Tim Sebastian about the prospects for 2003.
Notes
to Editors
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