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Prof. Dr. Jan Tinbergen was awarded the Freedom from Want Award in 1992. Tinbergen received the award because he helped developing countries establish productive economies. At the same time, he encouraged richer countries to take responsibility toward countries in need.
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Jan Tinbergen was born in the Netherlands in 1903. He first studied mathematics and physics and refused to enter military service when he was drafted. During his period of substitute service, he began to study economics. Tinbergen applied the methods of physics to economics. He gained much international prestige with his many publications. Tinbergen is considered the founder of econometrics.
In 1951, Tinbergen worked in India. Here he saw firsthand so much poverty and want that it influenced the rest of his life. Tinbergen worked for the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and UNESCO. Among other things, he was chairman of the UN Committee on Development and Planning. During his lifetime, Tinbergen championed targeted development assistance. Here, global alignment and fair distribution of resources were important. Tinbergen died in the Netherlands in 1994.
Positions and articles
Tinbergen held the following positions:
● Professor at Harvard University, Leiden and Rotterdam
● Economic advisor to the League of Nations in Geneva (1936 - 1938)
● Director of the Netherlands Economic Institute (1934 - 1968)
● Director of the Central Planning Bureau (1945 - 1955)
● Chairman UN Committee on Development and Planning (1936 - 1938)
He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1969.
Tinbergen produced the following work:
● Tinbergen's Rule
● The Tinbergen Principle of Exchange
● The Tinbergen Standard
● Developed the first comprehensive national macroeconomic model
Other laureates from 1992
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Mstislav Rostropovich
Terry Waite
