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Dambisa Moyo

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Dambisa Moyo on why African success goes unreported Read More

Moyo argues that any political restructuring is moot until there is a program of sustainable growth. Read More

Dambisa Moyo on how the U.S. makes bad leaders worse Read More

While small-scale aid and charities are doing important work in Africa, they are not able to provide the jobs that are necessary for long-term growth. Read More

Dambisa Moyo discusses the impact of reducing African aid budgets. Read More

Dambisa Moyo on how aid is killing Africa. Read More

"Aid disenfranchises Africans...[they] cannot hold their governments accountable," says author Dambisa Moyo. Read More

A conversation with Dambisa Moyo, former Goldman Sachs economist and author of Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa Read More

Dambisa Moyo on why we can't let financial institutions fail. Read More

About Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo is an economist and New York Times best-selling author of Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa, published in 2009.
Moyo’s second book entitled How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly - And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead is scheduled for publication in August 2010.
Moyo was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia. She holds a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford University. In 1997, Moyo earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) in International Development from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry from American University in Washington D.C. She worked for the World Bank as a Consultant and at Goldman Sachs where she worked in the debt capital markets and as an economist in the global macroeconomics team. Moyo's thoughts about ending aid to Africa are featured as part Big Think's "Dangerous Ideas" blog.

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