Jim Grant

Jim Grant was a visionary leader whose impact on the lives of children throughout the world was immeasurable. As Executive Director of UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, from 1980 to 1995, he launched a worldwide child survival and development revolution. The practical results were that by 1995, 25 million children were alive who would otherwise have died; millions more were living with better health and nutrition. The nine pieces in this volume, written by close colleagues of Grant's, celebrate this achievement. But much more, they draw out the lessons of Grant's vision and leadership, lessons that are relevant in many other contexts.