COUNTRY	USA
NAME	JAMES WOLFENSOHN
AWARD	Sustainable Development In Africa
PROFILE	The Prize for Sustainable Development in Africa goes to a group or individual who understands the macro/micro economic indices between Africa and the rest of the world and has developed diverse policy frameworks adopted by governments in Africa which have led to its sustainable development. A personality who has deliberated with international financial experts to carve a path for African governments to chart and one that ultimately has led to empowering and sustaining its citizens. A renowned international financier, Mr. Wolfensohn has for 14 years successfully forged his own company, James D. Wolfensohn Inc., into an investment banking powerhouse while doing annual business of S8 billion to S10 billion a year and continues to support financial companies in Africa. He insures that fast-growing developing nations do not destroy themselves environmentally and socially in their rush for economic prosperity and to halt the slide in the fortunes of the very poorest peoples in the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Mr. Wolfensohn, born in Australia but now an American citizen, did rnany of his first investment banking deals in developing countries. He is a board member of the Business Council for Sustainable Developrnent, the Population Council and a trustee of the Brookings Institution, with a long history of involvement in developmennt and environmental issues..

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