Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School's Graduate Program in International Affairs. As a development economist, her work focuses on policies for equitable development using a multidisciplinary approach. Between 1995 and 2004, she was director of the annual Human Development Reports commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

She is co-editor of “Readings in Human Development: Concepts, Measures and Policies for a Development Paradigm.” She is founding editor of the Journal of Human Development: Alternative Economics in Action and is on the editorial board of Feminist Economics. She spearheaded UNDP's policy work on technical cooperation effectiveness and capacity building. She led the 1993 publication “Rethinking Technical Cooperation, Reforms for Capacity Building in Africa”—one of the most comprehensive reviews of the subject, and the 2002 revisit, “Capacity for Development; Old Problems, New Solutions.”

Resources by this Author:

• Coherence, Sanctions, and Human Rights Objectives
• Multilateral Strategies to Promote Democracy

Resource Highlights

What the J Curve means for U.S. foreign policy, and democracy promotion in China, North Korea, Iran, and Cuba. > More > All Videos

The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership invites applications for 2009-2010, in collaboration with the Carnegie Council. > More > All Announcements

"One Bed, Different Dreams: The Beijing Olympics as Seen in Tokyo" by James Farrer. > More

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