Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
  • サキコ・フクダ・パー
  • 福田 咲子
Born1950
SpouseFrancis Parr
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sussex
Academic work
DisciplineDevelopment economics
InstitutionsThe New School, New York, US
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Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (サキコ・フクダ・パー、福田 咲子) (born 1950) is a development economist, a Professor of International Affairs at the New School for Social Research in New York, and the Vice Chair of the UN Committee for Development Policy. She has gained recognition for her work with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), her writing on human rights and development, and for founding the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. She was the principal author of the UN Human Development Reports (1995-2004).