Topic: Jeffrey Sachs

Finland maintained its No. 1 spot as the world's happiest country in the United Nations' World Happiness Report released Friday.

Finland maintained its No. 1 spot for the second year in a row in the United Nations' World Happiness Report released Wednesday.

Are today's modern technological innovations like those of the past, which made obsolete the job of buggy maker, but created the job of auto manufacturer?

People living in Switzerland are the happiest in the world thanks to positive social and economic factors, the 2015 World Happiness Report says.

The World Happiness Report, an effort to measure social and economic well-being worldwide, found those living in Denmark were the happiest.

U.S. President Barack Obama faces a Friday deadline to nominate a convincing candidate for the World Bank presidency amid signs emerging-market member countries are set to push for a candidate of their own.

The World Bank in Washington said Tuesday extreme poverty is in decline around the world, despite the nearly global economic recession.

Energy reform must be implemented if the United States is to escape the burgeoning financial crisis, experts say, but how to do it, and whether the public will stand for it, remains uncertain.

MTV is sending actress/activist Angelina Jolie and economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs to Kenya for a documentary on easing poverty and death in Africa.

Part 2 of 2. Access to computer technology and computer literacy are vital for any nation, rich or poor, to grow economically in the coming years.