The Baroness Moyo | |
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 Moyo in 2024 | |
| Born | Dambisa Felicia Moyo 2 February 1969 Lusaka, Zambia |
| Alma mater | American University (BS, MBA) Harvard University (MPA) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil) |
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| Known for | Economic theories on macroeconomics, global affairs, international development |
| Notable work | Dead Aid (2009) How the West Was Lost (2011) Winner Take All (2012) Edge of Chaos (2018) How Boards Work (2021) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Jared Smith |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 8 November 2022 Life peerage | |
Dambisa Felicia Moyo, Baroness Moyo (born 2 February 1969)[1] is a Zambian-born economist and author, known for her analysis of macroeconomics and global affairs.[2] She has written five books, including four New York Times bestsellers: Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (2009), How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead (2011), Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (2012), Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018), and How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World (2021).
- ^ Moyo showed a copy of an official document with her date and place of birth as part of a lecture she gave at TEDGlobal 2013, Edinburgh, Scotland. Moyo, Dambisa (June 2013). "Is China the new idol for emerging economies?". TED. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ Moyo, Dambisa (18 April 2015). "What Leaders Can Learn from a Long Run". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.