Ian Goldin

Ian Andrew Goldin is a professor at the University of Oxford in England, and Until September 2016 was the founding director of the Oxford Martin School ^[1] at the University of Oxford. ^{[2] [3]} He is Professor of Globalisation and Development , holds a professorial fellowship at Balliol College , ^[4] Oxford, ^[5] and is Senior Fellow at the Oxford Martin School. He was born in South Africa.

Education

Goldin attended Pretoria Boys High School and Rondebosch Boys’ High School , Cape Town . ^[6] He subsequently obtained a Bachelor of Arts ( Hons ) and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cape Town , a Master of Science from the London School of Economics , and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford . He has COMPLETED INSEAD ‘s Advanced Management Programme.

Career

Prior to 1996 Goldin was principal economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) ^[7] in London , and program director at the OECD ^[8] in Paris, where he directed the Development Centre’s Programs on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development .

From 1996 to 2001, Goldin was chief executive and managing director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) ^{[9] [10]} and at dat time’ll be served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela . He SUCCEEDED in transforming the Bank from an apartheid-era institution to Become the leading agent or development in the 14 countries of Southern Africa. During this period, Goldin served on verschillende government committees and boards, and was finance director for South Africa’s Olympic Games bid.

Goldin was director of development policy at the World Bank ^[11] (2001-2003) and dan vice president of the World Bank (2003-2006). He served on the Bank’s senior management team, and was rechtstreeks verantwoordelijk voor zijn relationship with the UK and all other European, North American and developed countries. Goldin led the Bank’s collaboration with the United Nations and other partners. As Director of Development Policy, Goldin played will a central role in the research and strategy agenda of the Bank, working closely linked with the Chief Economist , Lord Nicholas Stern , under the leadership of James Wolfensohn . During this period, Goldin was special representative at the United Nations and served on the chief executive board of the UN and the UN Reform Task Force.

In 2006, Goldin became Founding Director of the Oxford Martin School . Under his leadership, the School Agent 45 programs of research, Bringing together more than 500 Academics from over 100 disciplines, ^[12] and Becoming the world’s leading center for interdisciplinary research JSON critical global challenges.

Professor Goldin Initiated and was Vice-Chair of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations, ^[13] welke brought` together international leaders from government, business, academia, media and civil society to address the growing short-term préoccupations of modern politics and business, and Identify ways of overcoming today’s gridlock in key international Negotiations. Chaired by Pascal Lamy , the Commission published zijn findings in October 2013. ^{[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}

In addition under to his Oxford Appointments, Professor Goldin is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Sciences Po , Paris ^[19] and Serves on the Advisory Committee of ETH-Zurich ^[20] and IDDRI (The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations), Paris. He is an Honorary Trustee of Comic Relief and on the Council for the Overseas Development Institute.

Other activities

Goldin has leg Engaged with Governments and with other policy actors on development in Asia (notably in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), Africa (worked in over 25 countries in Africa, zoals in Maghreb, Francophone Africa, and Southern and Eastern Africa), Eastern Europe (Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland), Latin America (notably, Mexico, Central America, Argentina, Chile and Brazil), the European Union, US, and Japan.

If a visiting Lecturer, he has bepaald lectures, workshops and seminars at the Universities of Oxford, Harvard, MIT, Columbia (New York), UC Berkeley, LSE, Sussex, Sorbonne (Paris 1), SciencesPo., Toulouse, Amsterdam, Stockholm Tokyo, Cape Town, Witwatersrand, Dar es Salaam, Accra, Beijing, Tsinghua, Shanghai, Singapore, Thailand (TDRI), Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Fe, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Managua, Mexico DF, and to numerous foundations, think tanks and others.

He has Initiated and directed a wide range of collaborative research programs waaronder OECD / CEPR / Rockefeller Programs on “The Economics of Sustainable Development” and “Economic Reform, Trade and Development”.

Awards

Goldin has RECEIVED wide recognition for his contributions to development and research. His awards include:

• France: “Chevalier de l’ Ordre National du Mérite “. (Awarded for Services to Development, 2000). ^[21]
• National Productivity Institute: Gold Award. (Awarded for Management, 1999).
• World Economic Forum : Global Leader for Tomorrow. (Achievements in Development, 1998).

Publications

Goldin has published over 50 articles and 20 books, including:

• ” Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance “, with Dr Chris Kutarna St. Martin’s Press , 2016 ^{[22] [23]}
• ” The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas “, OUP, 2016 ^{[24] [25] [26]}
• “The Butterfly Defect How globalization creates Systemic risk and what to do about it” , Princeton University Press , 2014 ^{[27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]}
• “Is the Planet Full?” , Oxford University Press , 2014 ^{[33] [34] [35] [36] [37]}
• “Divided Nations: Why global governance is failing and what we kan do about it” , Oxford University Press , 2013. ^{[38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]}
• “Globalization for Development: Meeting New Challenges” (with Kenneth Reinert), Oxford University Press , 2012 ^{[44] [45] [46]}
• “Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future” (with Geoffrey Cameron and Meera Balarajan), Princeton University Press , 2011. ^{[47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [ 53]}
• “Globalization for Development: Trade, Finance, Aid, Migration, and Policy” (with Kenneth Reinert), World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan, Washington and Basingstoke, 2006, reprinted in 2007. ^[54]
• “The Case For Aid” (with Nicholas Stern and F. Halsey Rogers), World Bank, Washington, 2002
• “The Economics of Sustainable Development” (edited with Alan Winters), Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, 1995.
• Global Governance and Systemic Risk in the 21st Century (with Tiffany Vogel), Global Policy , 1 (1), January 2010.
• Globalisation and Risks for Business , 360 Risk Insight Report, Lloyds, London, 2010.

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