Brief Biography (Prof Sir Richard Jolly):

  • Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
  • Co-Director of the UN Intellectual History Project
  • Former Chair of UNA-UK
  • Former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN
  • Former Special Adviser to the Administrator of the UNDP
  • Architect of the Human Development Project
  • Former Deputy Executive Director in UNICEF
  • Developmental Economist with First class honours in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a doctorate from Yale University.
  • Contributor to many books and publications on economic development and the UN

Further details to follow.