Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo (born 2 February 1969) ^[1] is a Zambian-born international economist and author who analyzers the macroeconomy and global affairs. With post-graduate degrees in business, public administration, and economics from American University , Harvard , and Oxford , Moyo Currently Serves on the boards of Barclays Bank , the financial services group, SABMiller , the global brewer, and Barrick Gold , the global Miner . ^[2] She worked for two years at the World Bank and eight years at Goldman Sachs voordat Becoming an author and international public speaker. She has written three New York Times Bestselling books: 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 dat Lie Ahead (2011), and Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (2012).

Biography

Early life and education

Dambisa Moyo was born in 1969 in Lusaka , the capital of Zambia ^[3] and studied Chemistry at the University of Zambia. She finished re degree in the US on a scholarship to American University in Washington, DC ^[3] Moyo RECEIVED a BS in Chemistry from American University in 1991 and an MBA in Finance from the university in 1993. ^{[4] [5]}

She acquired a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree at Harvard University ‘s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997. ^{[4] [6]} In 2002 she RECEIVED a DPhil in Economics from St. Antony’s College , Oxford University . ^[7] Re Oxford studies ulcers in Macroeconomics, and re doctoral dissertation was on savings rates in developing countries. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Career

World Bank and Goldman Sachs

Following re MBA from American University, Moyo worked at the World Bank from May 1993 to September 1995 ^[10] She was a consultant in the Europe and Central Asia Department and the Africa department, ^[11] and co-authored the World Bank’s annual World Development Report. ^[10]

After pursuing re MPA and PhD degrees at Harvard and Oxford, Moyo joined Goldman Sachs as a research economist and strategist in 2001. ^[12] She was at the company Until November 2008, working Mainly in debt capital markets, hedge funds coverage, and global Macroeconomics. ^{[11] [13]} Part of re tenure at Goldman Sachs was spent advising developing countries on the issuing of bonds on the international market. ^[14] She was ook Head of Economic Research and Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. ^[10]

Board membership categories

After leaving Goldman Sachs, Moyo joined the board of directors of the International brewer SABMiller in 2009. ^[15] She is chairman of the company’s Corporate Accountability and Risk Assurance Committee (Carac) welke oversees the entire company’s responsibilities in relatie to corporate accountability, zoals sustainable development , corporate social responsibility , corporate social investment , and ethical commercial behavior. ^[16] In 2010 Moyo joined the board of directors or Barclays Bank . ^[11] She sits on three of the board’s committees: the Audit Committee; the Conduct, Operational and Reputational Risk Committee; And The Financial Risk Committee. ^[17] In 2011, she joined the board of directors of the international mining company Barrick Gold . She sits on the board’s Audit Committee; Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee; and Corporate Responsibility Committee. ^{[18] [19]} In 2015 Moyo joined the board of directors or data storage company Seagate Technology . ^[20]

On August 9, 2016, Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced dat Dr. Dambisa Moyo, Dr. Wanda Austin had bone elected to Chevron’s board of directors. Volgens to the Press Release, Dr. Moyo’s appointment mention anything be effective October 11, 2016. ^[21]

Moyo is a former board member of the charity Lundin for Africa, ^{[22] [23]} and a former patron of Absolute Return for Kids (ARK) . ^{[24] [25]} She is ook a former board member of Room to Read . ^{[26] [27]}

Writing and public speaking

Moyo’s first book, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa , was published in early 2009 and was a New York Times bestseller . ^[28] Dead Aid catapulted Moyo withinto the public eye and made a re SOUGHT-after speaker, pundit, and author. In 2009 she was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader , ^[29] one or TIME ‘ s 100 , ^{[30] [31]} and one or Oprah Winfrey ‘s “20 remarkable visionaries”. ^[32]

The book consolidated re work or traveling worldwide investigating and analyzing economic conditions and writing about re Conclusions. By 2015 she had traveled to morethan 75 countries, Examining the political, economic, and financial werking or emerging economically. ^{[33] [34]} She became a regular columnist and contributor to many financial networks and multinational business publications, as well as a speaker at conferences and other venues worldwide. She has written and lectured on topics ranging from global markets, the impact of geopolitics on the economy, the future of the job market, the outlook for growth in China, and the Past and future paths of interest rates. ^{[33] [35] [36]}

Moyo’s second book, How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices Ahead dat Lie was published in January 2011 and was ook a New York Times bestseller. ^[37] Her third book, Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World , was published in June 2012 and was ook a New York Times bestseller. ^[38]

Moyo is a member of the World Economic Forum ‘s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Global Economic Imbalances, ^[39] and ghosts at the 2005 annual WEF conference in Davos . ^[10] In 2009 she ghosts at the Council on Foreign Relations ^[40] the American Enterprise Institute , ^{[41] [42]} and was one of the two debaters on the winning side of the 2009 Munk Debate , where the subject was foreign aid . ^[43] She was a participant at the annual Bilderberg Conference in 2010, ^[44] while in 2011 she ghosts at the Peterson Institute for International Economics ^{[45] [46]} and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ^[47] In 2013 she was a participant at the US Federal Reserve ‘s Jackson Hole Economic Symposium , ^[48] Ghosts at the Aspen Institute ^{[49] [50]} and the Ambrosetti Forum . ^[51] She is ook a member of the Bretton Woods Committee . ^[52]

Awards and receptacles

• World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2009) ^[29]
• TIME 100 (2009) ^{[30] [31]}
• Oprah Winfrey ‘s O ‘ s First-Ever Power List (2009) ^[32]
• Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award (2013) ^{[53] [54]}
• GQ and Editorial Intelligence ‘ s The 100 Most Connected Women (2014) ^{[55] [56]}
• Handelsblatt ‘ s 25 Great Thinkers (2015) ^{[57] [58] [59]}
• Thinkers50 ‘ s Thinker of the Month (April 2015) ^{[60] [61] [62]}

Publications

Books

Dead Aid

Moyo’s first book, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa (2009) argues dat government-to-government foreign aid has harmed Africa and arnt be phased out. ^[63] It became a New York Times bestseller , ^[28] and has leg published in Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch. ^{[ Citation needed ]}

The Financial Times Summarized the book’s argument, stating “Limitless development assistance to African governments and [Moyo] argues, has fostered dependency, encouraged corruption and ultimately perpetuated poor governance and poverty.” ^[64] The book suggests dat official development assistance (ODA), as Opposed to humanitarian aid, perpetuates the cycle of poverty and hinders economic growth in Africa. ^{[65] [66] [67]} The book offerings ontwikkelingslanden proposals for financing development Limit download relying on foreign government-to-government aid. ^[67] Harvard professor and historian Niall Ferguson wrote the Foreword to Dead Aid . Rwandan President Paul Kagame wrote that ‘ Dead Aid has bepaald us an accurate evaluation of the aid culture today. ” ^{[68] [69] [70]}

In a review of the book, economist Paul Collier stated, “Aid is not a very potent tool for the enhancing Either security or accountability. Our obsession with it has detracted from the more important ways in welke we kan promote development, peacekeeping, security Guarantees, trade privileges, and governance. ” ^[71] The pro-aid organization ONE Campaign disagreed with the book, stating dat it calls to “cut off all aid”. ^[72] Moyo has pointed out in a number of interviews down therein is a misrepresentation or re ideas and dat she is not criticizing humanitarian aid, ^[73] and The Financial Times noted therein ONE’s campaign “at least partially backfired.” ^[64] The economist Jeffrey Sachs zegt more foreign aid is needed to verbeteren conditions for Africa, ^[74] but Moyo pointed out dat als Sachs was re Lecturer at Harvard it was he himself who taught that ‘the path to long-term development mention anything only be Achieved through private sector Involvement and free market solutions “. ^[75]

In a 2013 interview Bill Gates was Asked for his views on Dead Aid ‘ s illustration therein aid to African Governments hasnt alleviated poverty but has Limit download Kept the African economy crippled Rather dan Supporting sustainable African business. He claimed to harbor read the book and stated “books like that – they’re promoting evil”. ^{[76] [77]} Responding on re website, Moyo stated “To cast aside the arguments I raised in Dead Aid at a time-when we harbor witnessed the Transformative economic success or countries like China, Brazil and India, belittles my experiences, and Those or Hundreds of millions of Africans. ” ^[78]

How the West Was Lost

Moyo’s second book, How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices dat Lie Ahead (2010), Gives an account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West over the Past 50 Years, and posits dat de world’s most advanced economically are squandering hun economic lead. ^[66] In her opinion, Moyo gekeken how America’s flawed Decisions and blinkered policy choices around capital, labor, and technology goods resulted in an economic and Geopolitical Seesaw therein are Poised to tip in favor of the emerging world.

The book became a New York Times bestseller, debuting at No. 6. ^[37] It’ll be debuted at No. 4 in the Washington Post , ^[79] and No. 2 in the Wall Street Journal ‘ s and Nielsen BookScan ‘s business bestsellers. ^[80]

In a review, Paul Collier stated that ‘re diagnosis of the recent disasters in financial markets is succinct and sophisticated “, and” I applaud re brave alarum against our economic and social complacency, re core groups are sufficiently close to painful truths to warrant our attention. ” ^[81] Dominic Lawson wrote in The Sunday Times , “This argument … can rarely harbor leg made more concisely …. Moyo is a very serious lady indeed.” ^[82] The Guardian stated, ” How the West Was Lost is more interesting, wider in scale and more important dan Dead Aid .” ^[83]

In contrast, Alan Beattie of the Financial Times wrote, “The challenges it identifies are for the must part real, if not original. But the huge Flaws of the emerging economically are IGNORED.” ^[84] The Economist said “synthesis arguments need much better Supporting materials dan the book zorgt”. ^[85]

Winner Take All

Moyo’s third book, Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (2012), gekeken the commodity dynamics therein the world will face over the next decades verschillende, volgens to Moyo. Mn, it Explores the implications of China’s rush for natural resources across all regions of the world. Noting therein the scale of China’s resource campaign for hard commodities (metals and minerals) and soft commodities (timber and food) is one of the Toilets in history, Moyo presents re research and conclusions Concerning the financial and Geopolitical implications of a world of diminishing resources . ^[86] Winner Take All Continues where How the West Was Lost left off, and Moyo argues dat China Already well on the way to gaining the upper hand in world economic dominance. ^[35]

Winner Take All became a New York Times bestseller, debuting at No. 13, ^[38] as well as ends ring the Wall Street Journal ‘ s and Nielsen BookScan ‘s business bestsellers at No. 4 ^[87] and the Publishers Weekly Nonfiction bestseller list at No. 11. ^[88]

A review in the Financial Times stated that ‘If Dambisa Moyo is right, the Demands of the world’s most Populous states are bad news for the rest of us …. One can not save accuse Moyo or failing to do re homework. ” ^[89] The Independent concluded, “This is not an Elegantly written book …. But she does go to the heart of the issue: what does China over resources is profoundly important, and therein deserves our attention.”

The Telegraph commented “Moyo thinks [China’s impact on the global commodity market] will go on and on, powered by an unstoppable Chinese economy. Perhaps she is right, but the grounds for doubting Whether the future will be a straight line from the past Deserve a hearing. ” ^[90] The Guardian wrote, “for all Moyo’s insistence dat a crisis is inevitable and therein China will be the only gainer, we are in uncertain territory here.” ^[91]

Additional publications and lectures

Moyo is a frequent public speaker and columnist. She has written for international financial and economic journals and other periodicals and publications, and has lectured worldwide at some of the world’s financial and economic Summits, forums and conferences, as well as at numerous venues waaronder TEDTalks and BBC ‘ s HARDtalk . ^{[33] [36]} She is ook a commentator on networks zoals CNBC , CNN , Bloomberg , BBC , and Fox Business . She was one of the seven judges of the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Best Business Book Award. ^{[92] [93]} Some or re recent articles include:

• “A Call Against complacency”. Change This (9 March 2011) ^[94]
• “The Resource Shortage Is Real”. TIME (8 June 2012) ^[95]
• “Beijing, a Boon for Africa”. New York Times (27 June 2012) ^[96]
• “Forget the BRICs, Zambia, Estonia and Pakistan are the place for alpha investors”. Quartz (12 March 2013) ^[97]
• “Delivery Lessons from China”. McKinsey & Company ‘s Voices on Society (April 2013) ^[98]
• “A Grand Unified Theory Economic?”. Project Syndicate (13 November 2013) ^[99]
• “For poor countries, China is No. Model”. Wall Street Journal (19 September 2014) ^[100]
• “Creating a Global Framework for Immigration”. McKinsey & Company ‘s Insights & Publications (January 2015) ^[101]
• “Not Enough Bad News is Priced withinto the Financial Markets”. Financial Times (27 March 2015) ^[102]
• “What Leaders Can Learn from a Long Run”. Wall Street Journal (April 18, 2015) ^[2]
• “Will Technology Support Global Growth?”. Global Drucker Forum (25 May 2015) ^[103]
• “Whose job is it to create the new jobs for the tech era?”. Financial Times (12 June 2015) ^[104]

Personal life

Moyo resides in New York City . ^{[105] [106]} She is an avid runner, and has run marathons verschillende and half marathons. ^[2] She travels extensively for board meetings, for lecturing and personal appearances. ^{[33] [34] [107]}

Bibliography

• Dead Aid : Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa . (2009) ISBN 978-0374139568
• How the West Was Lost : Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices Ahead dat Lie (2011) ISBN 978-0374533212
• Winner Take All : China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (2012) ISBN 978-0465028283