CURRICULUM VITAE

John William McArthur

Brookings Institution Global Economy and Development Program 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20036 USA t: +1-202-797-6029 e: [email protected]

CITIZENSHIP Canada

EDUCATION

2009 University of Oxford Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

2000 University of Oxford Master of Philosophy in Economics

1998 Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Master of Public Policy with concentration in International Trade and Finance

1996 University of British Columbia Bachelor of Arts (1st Class Honours) in Political Science with International Relations

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2012 - The Brookings Institution Inaugural Director, Center for Sustainable Development (2020 - ) Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development (2014 - ) Visiting Fellow, Global Economy and Development (2013 - 2014) Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development (2012 - 2013)

2012 - United Nations Foundation Senior Advisor on Sustainable Development (2016 - ) Senior Fellow (2012 – 2015)

2012 - 2014 Fung Global Institute (Hong Kong) Senior Fellow (2013 - 2014) Senior Advisor (Fall 2012)

2008 - 2011 Millennium Promise Alliance Chief Executive Officer

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2008 - 2011 Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs Adjunct Associate Professor (Fall 2011) Adjunct Assistant Professor (Spring 2008 - Spring 2011)

2002 - 2011 Earth Institute at Columbia University Senior Advisor to the Director (2008-2011) Policy Director (2006-2008) Associate Director (2002-2005)

2007 United Nations Development Programme Senior Macroeconomic Advisor, Regional Bureau for Africa

2002 - 2006 United Nations Millennium Project Manager (2002-2005) & Deputy Director (2005-2006)

1999 - 2002 Harvard University, Center for International Development Research Fellow & Research Manager (2000-2002) Project Leader & Co-author, Global Competitiveness Report (2000-2002) Project Manager, Africa Competitiveness Report (1999)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES

2020 Member, Strategy Advisory Group, Global Partnership for Education

2019 - Member, Deputy Minister Steering Committee, Policy Horizons Canada

2019 - Member, UNICEF Advisory Group

2018 - 2019 Member, Independent Expert Group, Global Nutrition Report

2017 - 2019 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Grand Challenges Canada

2017 Member, Study Group on Global Education – Equipping the Next Generation of Canadians to Succeed in a Complex World. Convened by University of Ottawa Centre for International Policy Studies and University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs.

2016 - Board Governor, International Development Research Centre [Canadian Crown corporation; Order-in-council appointment]

2020 - Member, Human Resources Committee 2017 - Member, Strategy, Program Performance, and Learning Committee (Chair from 2017 through end-2019) 2017-2019 Member, Executive and Governance Committee 2016-2017 Chair, Ad Hoc Strategic Priorities and Performance Committee

2016 - 2019 Member, Scholar Advisory Committee, Brookings Institution Member, Inclusion and Diversity Committee, Brookings Institution

2016 Advisor, Business and Sustainable Development Commission

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2015 - 2017 Member, Schwarzman Scholarship selection committee for North America

2014 - 2015 Co-chair, University of Ottawa Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) Working Group on Global Sustainable Development

May 2014 Guest Professor, Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program

2014 - Member, Banff Forum

2014 - 2018 Member, University of British Columbia Alumni Advisory Council

2012 (Fall) Consultant, Asian Development Bank

2012 - 2013 Visiting researcher, RAND Santa Monica, Labor and Population and RAPID (Research and Policy in International Development) programs.

2010 - 2018 World Economic Forum

2016-2018 Member, Global Future Council on International Governance, Public-Private Cooperation and Sustainable Development 2014-2016 Member, Global Agenda Council (GAC) on Sustainable Development 2013-2014 Chair, GAC on Poverty and Sustainable Development 2012-2013 Vice-chair, GAC on Poverty and Sustainable Development 2011-2014 Member, Advisory Board on Sustainability and Competitiveness 2011-2012 Chair, GAC on Benchmarking Progress 2010-2011 Member, GAC on Poverty and Economic Development 2010-2011 Rapporteur, Global Redesign Initiative

2008 - 2013 Co-founder and Co-chair, Global Masters in Development Practice Association of degree programs

2007 - 2008 Co-chair, International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice

2007 - Member, Rhodes Scholarship selection committees

2017- Committee for Delaware/Maryland/DC, USA 2007-2011 Committee for Ontario, Canada

2006 (Spring) Visiting Scholar, New York University, Center for Advanced Social Science Research

2005 - 2011 Board Member, Millennium Promise Alliance

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONOURS

2009 Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum 1998 Rhodes Scholarship

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1998 Harvard Kennedy School of Government Peter C Lewis Award for Outstanding Policy Analysis Exercise (thesis equivalent) 1997 Mackenzie King Traveling Scholarship for studies in International Affairs 1996 Academic All-Canadian: named one of Canada’s 10 outstanding scholar-athletes by Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union 1996 Outstanding Student Award, University of British Columbia Alumni Association 1996 Wesbrook Scholar, University of British Columbia 1991 Nancy Greene Scholarship, Province of British Columbia

PUBLICATIONS

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2019. “Classifying Sustainable Development Goal trajectories: A country-level methodology for identifying which issues and people are getting left behind.” World Development. Vol. 123 (November). 104608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.06.031

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2019. “An estimation of grant-based multilateral system funding flows from 2014 to 2016.” Global Policy. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 238-249.

John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2019. “Agriculture, aid and economic growth in Africa.” World Bank Economic Review. Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1-20.

John W McArthur and Christine Zhang. 2018. “Measuring the diffusion of the Millennium Development Goals across major print media and academic outlets.” Global Policy. Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 313-326.

John W McArthur, Krista Rasmussen, and Gavin Yamey. 2018. “How many lives are at stake? Assessing 2030 Sustainable Development Goal trajectories for maternal and child health.” The BMJ. 360:k373. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k373

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2018. “Change of pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era.” World Development. Vol. 105 (May), pp. 132-143.

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Joachim von Braun. 2017. “An evidence-based approach to ending rural hunger.” Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 11 (2017-26): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economicsejournal.ja.2017-26.

John W McArthur and Gordon C McCord. 2017. “Fertilizing growth: Agricultural inputs and their effects in economic development.” Journal of Development Economics. Vol. 127, pp. 133-152.

John W McArthur and Eric Werker. 2016. “Developing countries and international organizations: Introduction to the special issue.” Review of International Organizations. Vol. 11, No. 2. pp. 155-169.

Douglas H Brooks, Kaushal Joshi, John W McArthur, Changyong Rhee, and Guanghua Wan. 2014. “A ZEN approach to post-2015 development goals for Asia and the Pacific.” Ecological Economics. Vol. 107 (November), pp. 392-401.

Roseline Remans, Paul M Pronyk, Jessica C Fanzo, Jiehua Chen, Cheryl A Palm, Bennett Nemser, Maria Muniz, Alex Radunsky, Alem Hadera Abay, Mouctar Coulibaly, Joseph Mensah-Homiah, Margaret Wagah, Xiaoyi An, Christine Mwaura, Eva Quintana, Marie-Andree Somers, Pedro A Sanchez, Sonia E

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Sachs, John W McArthur, and Jeffrey D Sachs, for the Millennium Villages Study group. 2011. “A multi- sector intervention to accelerate reductions in child stunting: An observational study from nine sub- Saharan African countries.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vol. 94, pp. 1632-1642.

Generose Nziguheba, Cheryl A. Palm, Tadesse Berhe, Glenn Denning, Ahmed Dicko, Omar Diouf, Willy Diru, Rafael Flor, Fred Frimpong, Rebbie Harawa, Bocary Kaya, Elikana Manumbu, John W McArthur, Patrick Mutuo, Mbaye Ndiaye, Amadou Niang, Phelire Nkhoma, Gerson Nyadzi, Jeffrey Sachs, Clare Sullivan, Gebrekidan Teklu, Lekan Tobe, and Pedro A. Sanchez. 2010. “The African Green Revolution: Results from the millennium villages project.” Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 109, pp. 75-115.

Jeffrey D Sachs and John W McArthur. 2005. “The Millennium Project: A plan for meeting the Millennium Development Goals.” The Lancet. Vol. 365, pp. 347-53.

Jeffrey D Sachs, John W McArthur, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Margaret Kruk, Chandrika Bahadur, Michael Faye, and Gordon McCord. 2004. “Ending Africa’s poverty trap.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Vol. 1, pp. 117-240.

Michael Faye, John W McArthur, Jeffrey D Sachs, and Thomas Snow. 2004. “The challenges facing landlocked developing economies.” Journal of Human Development. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 31-68.

Edited and Invited Articles

John W McArthur. 2019. “Bye-bye, billions to trillions.” In Financing the UN Development System 2019: Time for Hard Choices. Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office. pp. 90-92.

Margaret Biggs and John W McArthur. 2016. “Mobilizing Canadian leadership on global sustainable development.” Policy Options. 26 September.

John W McArthur. 2016. “How to end worldwide poverty by 2030.” GOOD Magazine. Issue 37: Summer.

John W McArthur. 2016. “Matrix multilateralism: Megatrends, the SDGs and implications for the future.” Horizons. No. 7 (Spring). pp. 200-211.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2015. “The hunger game: How to end global malnutrition.” Foreign Affairs. 16 June.

John W McArthur. 2014. “The origins of the Millennium Development Goals.” The SAIS Review of International Affairs. Vol. 36, No. 2 (Summer-Fall), pp. 5-24.

John W McArthur. 2013. “Own the goals: What the Millennium Development Goals have accomplished.” Foreign Affairs. Vol. 92, No. 2 (March/April), pp. 152-162.

John W McArthur. 2012. “Rethinking global development goals.” Stanford Social Innovation Review. Fall. pp. 19-20.

John W McArthur. 2010. “On education.” SEED Magazine: Global Reset. pp. 18-19.

John W McArthur. 2009. “The great generalists.” Global Brief. 1 November.

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John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2009. “Needed: A new generation of problem solvers.” Chronicle of Higher Education. Vol. 55, No. 40, p. A64.

Book Chapters

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. forthcoming. “Rethinking development: Broadening the goals and altering the approach.” In Handbook of Comparative Economics (edited by Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn). Palgrave MacMillan.

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Izumi Ohno. 2019. “Getting specific to leave no one behind on sustainable development.” In Leave No One Behind: Time for Specifics on the Sustainable Development Goals. (edited by Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Izumi Ohno). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 1-19.

Raj M Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W McArthur. “The need for innovations to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.” In From Summits to Solutions: Innovations in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (edited by Raj M Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W McArthur). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 1-22.

Margaret Biggs and John W McArthur. 2018. “A Canadian North Star: Crafting an advanced economy approach to the Sustainable Development Goals.” In From Summits to Solutions: Innovations in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (edited by Raj M Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W McArthur). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 265-301.

John W McArthur. 2016. “A platform for leadership: Building a new generation’s role in global sustainable development.” In The World Won’t Wait: Why Canada Needs to Rethink its International Policies (edited by Roland Paris and Taylor Owen) Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, pp. 143- 161.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Agriculture’s role in ending extreme poverty.” In The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty (edited by Laurence Chandy, Hiroshi Kato and Homi Kharas). Washington, DC: Brookings Press, pp. 175-218.

John W McArthur. 2005. “Ensuring adequate resources to meet the MDGs.” In Irrelevant or Indispensable? The United Nations in the 21st Century (edited by Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, pp. 63-75.

Jeffrey D Sachs, John W McArthur, and Guido Schmidt-Traub. 2005. “Le projet du millénaire pour les OMD: objectifs et approche methodologique au plan national.” In L’Afrique et les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (edited by Ahmed Rhazaoui, Luc-Joël Grégoire, and Soraya Mellali). Paris: Economica, pp. 487-514.

Jeffrey D Sachs and John W McArthur. 2002. “Technological advance and long-term economic growth in Asia.” In Technology and the New Economy (edited by Chong-En Bai and Chi-Wa Yuen). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 157-185.

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Chapters in Other Edited Volumes

John W McArthur. 2015. “Agriculture in the COP21 Agenda.” In COP21 at Paris: What to expect – The issues, the actors, and the road ahead on climate change.” Washington, DC: Brookings Global Economy and Development report, pp. 37-41.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Taking stock of Africa’s green (shoot) revolution.” In Africa at a Fork in the Road: Taking Off or Disappointment Once Again (edited by Ernesto Zedillo, Olivier Cattaneo and Haynie Wheeler). Yale University Center for the Study of Globalization (eBook), pp. 449-471.

John W McArthur and Dennis Snower. 2010. “Creating employment, eradicating poverty, and improving social welfare.” In Everybody’s Business: Strengthening International Cooperation in a More Interdependent World. Report of the World Economic Forum’s Global Redesign Initiative. Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, pp. 211-223.

John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2008. “Training for the profession of sustainable development: Educational requirements for practical imperatives.” In Higher Education in the World 3: Higher Education: New Challenges and Emerging Roles for Human and Social Development (edited by Peter Taylor). Global University Network for Innovation.

John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2001. “The Growth Competitiveness Index: Measuring technological advancement and the stages of development.” In The Global Competitiveness Report 2001- 2002 (edited by Michael E Porter, Jeffrey D Sachs, Klaus Schwab, Peter C Cornelius, and John W McArthur). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 28-51.

Michael E Porter, Jeffrey D Sachs, and John W McArthur. 2001. “Executive Summary: Competitiveness and stages of economic development.” In The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002 (edited by Michael E Porter, Jeffrey D Sachs, Klaus Schwab, Peter C Cornelius, and John W McArthur). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 16-25.

Peter C Cornelius, John W McArthur, Michael E Porter, Jeffrey D Sachs, and Klaus Schwab. 2001. “Introduction: Slowdown and uncertainty – international economic networks in the wake of September 11, 2001.” In The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002 (edited by Michael E Porter, Jeffrey D Sachs, Klaus Schwab, Peter C Cornelius, and John W McArthur). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 8-13.

Peter C Cornelius and John W McArthur. 2001. “The Executive Opinion Survey.” In The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002 (edited by Michael E Porter, Jeffrey D Sachs, Klaus Schwab, Peter C Cornelius, and John W McArthur). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 166-177.

John W McArthur, Jeffrey D Sachs, and Joaquin Vial. “Latin American prospects in the new scenario for the world economy.” In The Latin American Competitiveness Report 2001-2002 (edited by Joaquin Vial et al.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 164-168.

Edited Volumes

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Izumi Ohno (editors). 2019. Leave No One Behind: Time for Specifics on the Sustainable Development Goals. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

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Raj M Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W McArthur (editors). 2018. From Summits to Solutions: Innovations in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Michael E Porter, Jeffrey D Sachs, Klaus Schwab, Peter C Cornelius, and John W McArthur (editors). 2001. The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002. New York: Oxford University Press.

Major Reports

Margaret Biggs, Kate Higgins, John W McArthur, David Moloney, Julia Sanchez, and Eric Werker. 2015. Towards 2030: Building Canada’s Engagement with Global Sustainable Development. CIPS International Policy Report, Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, November. (Served as Co-chair.)

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, Geoffrey Gertz, Sinead Mowlds, and Lorenz Noe. 2015. Ending Rural Hunger: Mapping Needs and Actions for Food and Nutrition Security. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.

International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice. 2008. Commission Final Report. (Co-author and editor; Served as Commission Co-chair.)

UN Millennium Project. 2005. Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Overview. Final Report Submitted to the UN Secretary-General. New York: Earthscan. (Served as Lead Editor among 32 co-authors. Overview report subsequently submitted to UN General Assembly by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.)

UN Millennium Project. 2005. Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals. [Full report] Final Report Submitted to the UN Secretary-General. New York: Earthscan. (Served as Lead Editor among 32 co-authors. Also served as final reviewer for all reports submitted and published by Earthscan for 10 underlying project task forces.)

United Nations Development Programme. 2003. Human Development Report 2003: The Millennium Development Goals – A Compact Among Nations to End Human Poverty. New York: Oxford University Press. (Contributing author.)

Research Working Papers

Homi Kharas ⓡ John W McArthur. 2019. “Building the SDG Economy: Needs, spending, and financing for universal achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.” Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper 131. October.

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Krista Rasmussen. 2018. “How many people will the world leave behind? Assessing current trajectories on the Sustainable Development Goals.” Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper 123. September.

Margaret Biggs and John W McArthur. 2018. “A Canadian North Star: Crafting an advanced economy approach to the Sustainable Development Goals.” Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper 114. March.

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John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2017. “Who funds which multilateral organizations?” Brookings Global Views No. 8. December.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2017. “Who and what gets left behind? Assessing Canada’s domestic status on the Sustainable Development Goals.” Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper 108. October.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2017. “Change of Pace: Accelerations and advances during the Millennium Development Goal era.” Brookings Global Economy and Development Working paper 97. January.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2016. “How close to zero? Assessing the world’s extreme poverty-related trajectories for 2030.” Brookings Global Views No. 6. November.

John W McArthur. 2016. “What does ‘agriculture’ mean today? Assessing old questions with new evidence.” Brookings Global Economy and Development, Global Views No. 1. March.

John W McArthur and Christine Zhang. 2015. “Who talked (and thought) about the Millennium Development Goals?” Brookings Institution: Brooke Shearer Working Paper No. 4. September.

John W McArthur. 2014. “Seven million lives saved: Under-5 mortality since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals.” Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper 78. September.

John W McArthur and Gordon C McCord. 2014. “Fertilizing growth: Agricultural inputs and their effects in economic development.” Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper 77. September.

John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2013. “A general equilibrium model for analyzing African rural subsistence economies and an African Green Revolution.” Brookings Africa Growth Initiative Working Paper 12. June.

John W McArthur. 2013. “Good things grow in scaled packages: Africa’s agricultural challenge in historical context.” Brookings Africa Growth Initiative Working Paper 11. May.

Douglas H Brooks, Kaushal Joshi, John W McArthur, Changyong Rhee, and Guanghua Wan. 2013. “A ZEN approach to post-2015: Addressing the range of perspectives across Asia and the Pacific.” Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series, No. 327. January.

Jeffrey D Sachs, John W McArthur, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Margaret Kruk, Chandrika Bahadur, Michael Faye, and Gordon McCord. 2004. “Millennium Development Goals needs assessments for Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda.” UN Millennium Project Working Paper. September 2004. (Background paper to: Sachs, Jeffrey D, John W McArthur, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Margaret Kruk, Chandrika Bahadur, Michael Faye and Gordon McCord. 2004. “Ending Africa’s Poverty Trap.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 1: 117-216.)

Jeffrey D Sachs, John W McArthur, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Margaret Kruk, Chandrika Bahadur, and Michael Faye. 2004. “Millennium Development Goals needs assessments: Country case studies of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda.” UN Millennium Project Working Paper. January 2004.

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John W McArthur and Francis Teal. 2002. “Corruption and firm performance in Africa.” Oxford Center for the Study of African Economies Working Paper #2002-10. December 2002. (Also available as Working Paper 7, Columbia University Center for the Study of Globalization and Sustainable Development, January 2004.)

John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2001. “Institutions and geography: Comment on Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson (2000).” NBER Working Paper #8114.

Policy Papers and Reports

Reframing Canada’s Global Engagement: Ten Strategic Choices for Decision-Makers. 2020. Global Canada. Co-chaired by Robert Greenhill and Jennifer Welsh. Participants: Stewart Beck, Monika LeRoy, Shuvaloy Majumdar, John W McArthur, Rohinton Medhora, Bessma Momani, Taylor Owen, Sanjay Ruparelia, Yves Tiberghien, Marie-Joëlle Zahar.

Brookings Institution and Rockefeller Foundation. 2019. “17 Rooms Global Flagship Meeting: Summary Report.” (Lead drafter, prepared in collaboration with Matthew Bishop).

Study Group on Global Education. 2017. Global education for Canadians: Equipping young Canadians to succeed at home & abroad. Co-chaired by Margaret Biggs and Roland Paris. Centre for International Policy Studies and Munk School of Global Affairs. November. Study group members: Ann Buller, Lisa Butler, Marie-Claude Dumas, Robyn Fila, Claude Genereux, Zabeen Hirji, Nicole Lacasse, John W McArthur, Santa Ono, Katie Orr, Sue Paish, Morris Rosenberg, Robert Summerby-Murray, Rebecca Tiessen, Stephen Toope, Valerie Walker, Stephen Wallace.

Geoffrey Gertz, Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Lorenz Noe. 2017. “When will things change? Looking for signs of progress on ending rural hunger.” A 2017 update from the Ending Rural Hunger Project. Brookings Institution.

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Joachim von Braun. 2017. “An evidence-based approach to ending rural hunger.” Economics Discussion Papers, No 2017-51, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2017-51

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2016. “Can globalization be rescued from itself? The Global Goals as a path to sustainability.” Brookings Global Economy and Development 10th anniversary series on 11 Global Debates. October.

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, Geoffrey Gertz, and Lorenz Noe. 2016. “Ending Rural Hunger – 2016 update: Progress toward SDG 2.” Brookings Institution. October.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2016. “Links in the chain of sustainable finance: Accelerating private investments for the SDGs, including climate action.” Brookings policy brief. (Paper invited by President of UN General Assembly.) September.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2016. “Public-private problem-solving for the Sustainable Development Goals.” Paper for World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Development. July.

Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Development. 2015. “Addis plus much more: The scope of global FfD actions in 2015.” World Economic Forum. July. (Co-lead drafter, with Homi Kharas)

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Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2015. “Nine priority commitments to be made at the UN’s July 2015 Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.” Brookings Global Views Policy Paper 2015-01. February.

Hiroto Arakawa, Sasja Beslik, Martin Dahinden, Michael Elliott, Helene Gayle, Thierry Geiger, Torgny Holmgren, Charles Kenny, Betty Maina, Simon Maxwell, John W McArthur, Mthuli Ncube, Ory Okolloh, Zainab Salbi, Mark Suzman, and Jasmine Whitbread. 2014. Paying for Zero: Global Development Finance and the post-2015 Agenda. World Economic Forum: Geneva. March. (Served as Chair of Global Agenda Council).

John W McArthur. 2014. “Pushing the employment frontiers for Africa’s rural and urban youth.” In Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2014. Brookings Institution: Africa Growth Initiative. January.

Ernest Aryeetey, Daniel Esty, Edwin Feulner, Thierry Geiger, Daniel Kaufmann, Andreas Kraemer, Marc Levy, John W McArthur, Robert Steele, Anand Sudarshan, Andy Sumner, and Mark Suzman. 2012. Getting to Zero: Finishing the Job the MDGs Started. World Economic Forum: Geneva. (Served as Chair of Global Agenda Council.)

John W McArthur and Mark Malloch Brown. 2012. “Sustainable development for fighting poverty.” In The Rio+20 multistakeholder dialogues: First reactions from World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council experts. Informal Discussion Paper.

John W McArthur, Paul M Pronyk, and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2011. “Designing, implementing and evaluating complex, goal-oriented, adaptive interventions in the millennium villages.”

Jeffrey D Sachs, John W McArthur, and Guido Schmidt-Traub. 2005. “A European Development Fund for the MDGs.” In Revamping Development Efforts: An Assessment of Development Policy in the EU. European Policy Centre Issue Paper No. 36, pp. 21-24.

United Nations Development Programme. 2003. The Millennium Development Compact. (Served as co- editor of joint publication of the Human Development Report Office and the Task Force Coordinators of the UN Millennium Project). Also published in: United Nations Development Programme. 2003. Human Development Report 2003: The Millennium Development Goals – A Compact Among Nations to End Human Poverty. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 15-25.

John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2003. “A millennium development strategy for achieving poverty alleviation and economic growth.” Background paper for the UNDP Human Development Report 2003.

Op-eds

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2017. “How successful were the millennium development goals?” The Guardian. 30 March.

John W McArthur. 2017. “The balancing act.” The Mark News. 20 March.

John W McArthur. 2017. “Lessons from an age of progress.” Project Syndicate. 17 March.

John W McArthur. 2017. “Canada – from exception to exceptional leader.” Vancouver Sun. 27 February.

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Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2017. “Davos: We need a global operating reset to make the SDGs work.” Forbes.com. 17 January.

John W McArthur. 2016. “Trudeau’s biggest decision you’ve never heard of.” Toronto Star. 6 December.

John W McArthur. 2016. “It’s Canada’s moment to seize.” Toronto Star. 3 August.

John W McArthur. 2016. “What did Jo Cox die for?” The Globe and Mail (online). 21 June.

John W McArthur and Eric Werker. 2015. “How can Canadians become more engaged with the world?” The Globe and Mail (online). 19 November.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Canada’s challenge in the new Global Goals.” Ottawa Citizen. 24 September.

Alison Loat and John W McArthur. 2015. “Expat voting law ignores idea of global citizens.” The Globe and Mail. 24 September.

Brett House and John W McArthur. 2015. “Getting the details right on the development finance initiative.” Ottawa Citizen. 27 April.

John W McArthur. 2015. “A year to clarify Canada’s role in the world.” Ottawa Citizen. 12 January.

John W McArthur. 2014. “Taking stock of Canada’s new global health pledge.” Ottawa Citizen. 4 June (print edition: 5 June).

Prabhat Jha and John W McArthur. 2014. “Three easy ways Canada can improve the health of new moms and kids.” The Globe and Mail. 23 May.

John W McArthur. 2013. “Canada’s next act of global health leadership.” Ottawa Citizen. 27 November (print edition: 28 November).

John W McArthur. 2013. “Can we slash poverty and starvation by 2015? Yes, if we get to work.” The Globe and Mail. 25 September.

John W McArthur. 2013. “Asia’s local leaders could play key role in global accountability.” South China Morning Post. 12 August.

John W McArthur. 2013. “Redefining accountability abroad.” Ottawa Citizen. 21 July.

John W McArthur. 2013. “To end poverty worldwide, fix African agriculture first.” The Globe and Mail (online). 29 May.

John W McArthur. 2012. “Canada’s aid failure is one of politics and punditry.” Ottawa Citizen. 22 June.

John W McArthur. 2012. “Asia is crucial to ending poverty.” Bangkok Post. 28 May.

John W McArthur. 2009. “Remember our promises.” The Ottawa Citizen. 27 November.

Jeffrey D Sachs and John W McArthur. 2005. “Promises are not enough.” The Globe and Mail. 22 April.

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John W McArthur. 2005. “The 0.7 percent solution.” The National Post. 25 February.

Other Articles and Posts

Amar Bhattacharya, Homi Kharas, and John W McArthur. “SDGs: great feats are rarely a product of lowered ambition.” Nature. Vol 584: 344. 20 August. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02375-5

Zia Khan and John W McArthur. “Rebuilding toward the great reset: Crisis, COVID-19, and the Sustainable Development Goals.” Brookings Up Front (cross-posted at rockefellerfoundation.org). 19 June.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2019. “Getting specific to leave no one behind.” Brookings Future Development. 23 September.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2019. “How much does the world spend on the Sustainable Development Goals?” Brookings Future Development. 29 July.

John W McArthur and Robert Muggah. 2019. “In an era of global uncertainty, the SDGs can be our guide.” World Economic Forum: Agenda. 8 March.

George Ingram and John W McArthur. 2018. “From one to many: Cash transfer debates in ending extreme poverty.” Brookings Future Development. 19 December.

John W McArthur. 2018. “These are 3 major challenges for the world in 2019.” World Economic Forum: Agenda. 10 December.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2018. “3 insights on child survival.” Brookings Future Development. 18 October.

John W McArthur and Tony Pipa. 2018. “Cities on the world stage: Using the SDGs as a ‘north star.’” OpenCanada.org. 17 October.

Homi Kharas, John W McArthur, and Krista Rasmussen. 2018. “Counting who gets left behind: Current trends and gaps on the Sustainable Development Goals.” Brookings Future Development. 13 July.

John W McArthur and Christine Zhang. 2018. “Who is talking about the UN Sustainable Development Goals?” Brookings Future Development. 14 June.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2018. “Taking stock (once more) of the Millennium Development Goal era. Brookings Up Front. 5 March.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2018. “Who actually funds the UN and other multilateral organizations?” Brookings Order from Chaos. 9 January.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2017. “The world is off track to end hunger, so what’s the solution?” Brookings Future Development. 23 October.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2017. “Even Canada needs breakthroughs to reach UN global goals.” Brookings Future Development. 4 October.

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John W McArthur. 2017. “How many countries could end extreme poverty tomorrow?” Brookings Future Development. 1 June.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2017. “What would US cuts to the UN look like?” Brookings Future Development. 1 May.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2017. “How successful were the Millennium Development Goals?” Brookings Future Development. 11 January.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2016. “How close is the world to ending extreme poverty?” Brookings Future Development. 2 December.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2016. “Are we closer to ending rural hunger?” Brookings Future Development. 17 October.

John W McArthur. 2016. “The US-Africa Business Forum: Expanding credit for small-scale irrigation.” Brookings Africa in Focus. 15 September.

John W McArthur. 2016. “Was 2015 a PR success for the new Global Goals?” Brookings Future Development. 10 June.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2016. “Ending rural hunger.” Global Economic Symposium, Council of Problem-Solving.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2016. “Targeting efforts to end hunger by 2030.” Chicago Council on Global Affairs - Global Food for Thought. 19 April.

John W McArthur and Krista Rasmussen. 2016. “Where does the world’s food grow?” Brookings Future Development. 21 March.

Margaret Biggs and John W McArthur. 2016. “Bringing Canada ‘back’ for the long haul.” Brookings Future Development. 8 March.

John W McArthur. 2016. “No girl or woman left behind: A global imperative for 2030.” Brookings Up Front. 7 March.

Margaret Biggs and John W McArthur. 2016. “Welcoming a new era of global development.” OpenCanada.org. 26 January.

John W McArthur. 2015. “The first steps in Global Goal partnership and implementation.” Huffington Post Canada. 24 November.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Canada’s new team for global affairs.” Brookings Future Development. 12 November.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2015. “Dispatch from Italy: Ending Rural Hunger.” Brookings Future Development. 21 October.

John W McArthur and Christine Zhang. 2015. “Who pays attention to global development goals?” Brookings Future Development. 9 October.

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John W McArthur. 2015. “Why 17 is a beautiful number.” Brookings Future Development. 28 September.

John W McArthur. 2015. “15 million success stories under the Millennium Development Goals.” Brookings Up Front. 24 September.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Tackle these three issues and extreme poverty will be history.” Huffington Post. (Invited contribution for series on “What’s Working: Sustainable Development Goals.”) 1 September.

John W McArthur. 2015. “What happened at the Addis Financing for Development conference?” Brookings Up Front. 21 July.

John W McArthur and Homi Kharas. 2015. “7 projects pointing the way to sustainable development finance.” World Economic Forum: Agenda. 13 July.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2015. “Bringing the social compact to life.” Blog of the UN’s Third International Conference on Financing for Development. 1 July.

John W McArthur. 2015. “An apology to support global development.” Brookings Up Front. 21 May.

John W McArthur. 2015. “What does the past tell us about the future? Possibilities for child survival in 2030.” Brookings Health360. 7 May.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Seeds of a ‘green revolution’ in Africa?” Brookings Future Development. 4 May.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Kudos for Shanta: How to appreciate the 2002 costing paper.” Brookings Future Development. 6 March.

John W McArthur. 2015. “150 days to development finance success.” Brookings Future Development. 13 February.

John W McArthur. 2015. “Setting new terms of reference for the global economy.” OpenCanada.org. 9 January.

Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2014. “Three breakthrough agreements will underpin the post-2015 global agenda.” Brookings Up Front. 9 December.

John W McArthur and Gordon C McCord. 2014. “New evidence on fertilizer, agricultural yields, and structural change.” Brookings Up Front. 28 October.

John W McArthur and Christine Zhang. 2014. “Six things to know about child survival since 2000.” Brookings Up Front. 29 September.

Brandon Routman and John W McArthur. 2014. “Youth unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa: Varying solutions to complex challenges.” Brookings Africa in Focus. 12 August.

John W McArthur and Sinead Mowlds. 2014. “Investing in evidence to end hunger.” Devex.com. 1 August.

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Homi Kharas and John W McArthur. 2014. “Mobilizing private investment for post-2015 sustainable development.” Brookings Up Front. 27 May.

John W. McArthur. 2014. “A new global vision for sustainable development.” World Economic Forum: forumblog. 7 March.

John W McArthur. 2014. “How much aid for basic needs to 2030? Some very coarse numbers.” Brookings Institution (online mimeo). 6 February.

John W McArthur. 2013. “5 key rules for open access online education.” World Economic Forum: forumblog. 27 November.

John W McArthur. 2013. “23 months for the world to get organized.” World Economic Forum: forumblog. 16 October.

John W McArthur. 2013. “Starting a new Canadian aid conversation.” OpenCanada.org. 12 June (Part I); 17 June (Part II); 24 June (Part III).

John W McArthur. 2013. “The declaration of the Millennium Development Goals.” Brookings Institution mimeo (online). 6 March. Updated 30 November 2013 under revised title, “The origins of the Millennium Development Goals: Frequently asked questions.”

John W McArthur. 2013. “A guide to the post-2015 debates.” OpenCanada.org. 4 February.

John W McArthur. 2012. “Jim Kim’s deepest World Bank challenge.” Brookings Institution (online). 20 July.

John W McArthur. 2012. “From physical BRICS to digital CHIIPs.” Brookings Institution (online). 2 July.

John W McArthur and James Radner. 2012. “Nez à nez: Advanced countries and the Horn of Africa” Global Brief. February.

John W McArthur. 2010. “Reframing the global movement to end extreme poverty.” Monday Developments. June.

John W McArthur, Jeffrey D Sachs, and Guido Schmidt-Traub. “Response to Amir Attaran.” 2005. PLoS Medicine. Vol. 2, Iss. 11, p. e379.

John W McArthur, Jeffrey D Sachs, and Guido Schmidt-Traub. 2005. “Millennium Development Goals ‘not doomed to fail’.” SciDev.net. 13 September.

John W McArthur and Guido Schmidt-Traub. 2005. “Bringing 2015 to 2005: Implementing the Millennium Development Goals today.” International Aid & Trade Review. pp. 10-14.

John W McArthur, Jeffrey D Sachs, and Guido Schmidt-Traub. 2005. “What it will take to meet the Millennium Development Goals.” Sustainable Development International.

Jeffrey D Sachs and John W McArthur. 2005. “8 is enough.” International Atomic Energy Agency Bulletin. Vol. 47: 1, pp. 8-12.

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John W McArthur and Jeffrey D Sachs. 2004. “Priorities for meeting the Millennium Development Goals.” Global Future. First quarter, pp. 1-2.

Book Review

John W McArthur. 2007. Review of Odekon Mehmet (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Poverty. New York, NY: Sage, 2006. Journal of Children and Poverty. Vol. 13: 1. pp. 105-106.

GOVERNMENT TESTIMONY

John W McArthur. 2016. “Aligning Canadian engagement with the global sustainable development challenge.” Oral and written presentation to Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. 19 May.

John W McArthur. 2012. “Post-2015 development goals.” Oral presentation to the United Kingdom’s Parliamentary Committee on International Development. 23 October.

John W McArthur. 2010. “A new spirit of partnership for the Millennium Development Goals.” Oral and written presentation to the United States Congress’ House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight. 27 July.

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