Jayati Ghosh on UN advisory board

UN inspired to break new ground in policy research

New York, Jan. 25: Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recommendations for the UN SecretaryGeneral to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the postCovid-19 world.

Ghosh, 65, is a professor of economics at

University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University for nearly 35 years and has authored several books. The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) announced that the 20 “prominent personalities, globally renowned for their intellectual leadership in economic and social fields, will form the second United

Nations High-level Advisory Board (HLAB) on Economic and Social Affairs.”

Over the next two years, the board will strengthen the United Nations thought leadership on sustainable development and reinforce its impact on policies at every level – from global to local, it said. Comprising a diverse group of experts from around the world, the board will closely collaborate with UNDESA to provide guidance and focused recommendations for UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres to respond to current and future socio-economic challenges in the postCovid-19 world and to advance the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The first United Nations High-level

Advisory Board was established in June 2018 as a key element of the efforts to support the UN Member States in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the course of the last two years, the interventions and insights of the board greatly expanded the understanding of UNDESA of some of the most burning economic and social issues shaping the world. —