A01=George R. Tyler
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_George R. Tyler
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=KCS
COP=United States
Delivery_Pre-order
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_isMigrated=0
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Language_English
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781937856717
- Weight: 987g
- Dimensions: 162 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jul 2013
- Publisher: BenBella Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
George R. Tyler has a diverse backgrounddrawing on his broad experiences at the highest levels of government at the World Bank in the private sector and in the international nonprofit sector for What Went Wrong. Trained as an economist Tyler served on the staffs of senators Hubert H. Humphrey and Lloyd Bentsen early in his career and was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993 as a deputy assistant treasury secretary. He subsequently served as counselor at the World Bank which marked the beginning of his international career. Tyler has expansive private sector experience as founder and CEO of a real estate investment and development firm creating a number of resort residential and residential subdivisions in Virginia a role he continues to play. He gained international experience from heavy involvement in the global nonprofit sector where his important familiarity with the European corporate culture occurred. In 1999 Tyler was co-author of the concept paper adopted by Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to develop a medical research capability for diseases of the developing world neglected by the global pharmaceutical industry. The not-for-profit entity is called the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. As a founding consultant to MSF Tyler was a member of the Working Group. He subsequently served on the DNDI Audit Committee overseeing budget and other issues.
