Global Economy Prize 2009

Motivation      The Nomination Process

  (From left to right: Consul Prof. Dr. Hans Heinrich Driftmann (IHK S-H), Dr. Jörn Biel, Baba N. Kalyani, Torsten Albig (prime mayor of Kiel) , Mary Robinson, Sunil Barthi Mittal, Cathy Kietzer, Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Prof. Dennis J. Snower (President of the Kiel Institute) 

►Pictures from the award ceremony

►Literature selected from the database ECONIS 

The Kiel Institute is proud to announce the winners of its 2009 Global Economy Prize:

 Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D., Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, 
     Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, and the Director of the Earth Institute
 Mary Robinson, the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997
 Bab N. Kalyani, Chairman of the Kalyani Group
 Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of the Bharti Group

 

Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D., Quetelet Professor at Columbia University, and Director of the Earth Institute Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs (born 1954) is Professor of Sustainable Development and of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, New York, U.S., where he also is Director of the Earth Institute. more...

Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997 Mary Robinson (born 1944) was Ireland’s first female President serving from 1990 to 1997. From 1997 to 2002 she was High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations. more...

Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman of the Kalyani Group Baba Kalyani (born 1949) is Chairman of the Kalyani Group, one of India’s leading industrial companies with subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe and China. He is also Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge Ltd. more...

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of the Bharti Group Sunil Bharti Mittal (born 1957) is Chairman of the Bharti Group, India’s leading telecommunication company. more...

In their distinctive ways, each of this year’s prize winners reflects the objectives of the Kiel Institute Global Economy Prize. The Prize is meant to promote a creative voice heard in the frequently sterile public debate on the future of the global economy. It is neither the voice of ruthless, unconstrained market forces, nor the voice of indiscriminate government intervention. Instead, in honoring the outstanding accomplishments of our prize winners, the Kiel Institute seeks to highlight how incentive-based market activity can promote both economic efficiency and social equity.

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