Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development
John W McArthur is a senior advisor on sustainable development to the UN Foundation. He is also senior fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development Program. His other roles include serving as a board governor of the International Development Research Centre, the Canadian Crown corporation; member of the Global Nutrition Report’s independent expert group; and member of Grand Challenges Canada’s scientific advisory board.
He was formerly CEO of Millennium Promise Alliance and managed the UN Millennium Project, the advisory body to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Previously he co-authored the Global Competitiveness Report; supported the WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health; co-chaired the International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice; co-founded the global network of Masters in Development Practice degree programs; and chaired Global Agenda Councils for the World Economic Forum. He completed a DPhil (PhD) and MPhil in Economics at Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar); an MPP at Harvard’s Kennedy School; and a BA (Hon) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is a Canadian citizen.
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Counting who gets left behind: Current trends and gaps on the Sustainable Development Goals
