Oral history interview with Richard Jolly, 2005
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- Name
- Jolly, Richard (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Richard Jolly, 2005
- Abstract
- Family background in England, Canada, and Bronxville, New York. Education: Brighton College, Cambridge University, Economics, Ph.D. Yale University; Career: Community Development Officer, Kenya, Analyst under Michael Farrell, British coal mining industry statistics, Economic Development Study of Cuba, East Africa Institute of Social Research, Uganda, Member of United Nations (UN)/ Food and Agricul ture Organization (FAO)/Economic Commission on Africa (ECA) to Northern Rhodesia, Analyst, Economic Development, Zambia, Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge University, Economist and Director of Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Co-Director of World Employment Programme Mission in Kenya, Co-Author Redistribution with Growth, Chairman of Society of International Development (SID), North-South Roundtable, Organization for the Cooperation of Economic Development (OCED), Committee on Development Planning (CDP), Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Author of Adjustment with a Human Face, Author of The Human Development Report, Special Advisor to the Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Human Poverty Index (HPI). Christianity, conscientious objector, global inequality, Kenya after Mau Mau Rebellion, United Kingdom Ministry of Overseas Development, Yale Economic Growth Center, Dudley Seers, Lloyd Seers, research in educational economics, underdevelopment, Cuban Revolution, Development Decades, Wife Alison Jolly, decolonization, World Employment Programme Missions, relationship between World Bank and World Employment Programme, IDS, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, The Pearson report, Millenium Development Goals, least developed countries (LDCs) agency in UN system, lack of LDC development research in nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), UNICEF staff, UNICEF experience, gender, Cold War, Human Development Index (HDI), and human security
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Economists; Human security; Economic development; International economic relations; Equality; Kenya Economic conditions; Cuba Economic conditions 1959-1990; Developing countries Economic conditions; Developing countries Social policy; Jolly, Richard; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations History; UNICEF; Society for International Development; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2005
- Note (Biographical)
- Co-Director of UN Intellectual History Project, Senior Research Fellow at the City University Graduate Center, and Economist
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on July 20 and July 21, 2005
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13683933
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7kcs-wy20
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.