Dambisa Moyo

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Dambisa Moyo
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Field Macroeconomics, International development, Global affairs
Alma mater Oxford University (Doctorate)
Harvard University (MPA)
American University (BS, MBA)

Dambisa Moyo is a Zambian-born economist and author of Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa (2009),[1] How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead (2011)[2] and Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (June 2012).[3]

Contents

Biography [edit]

Childhood

Moyo was born in 1969[4] and raised in Lusaka, Zambia.[5]

Adulthood

Moyo holds a Doctorate (D.Phil.) in Economics from St Antony's College, Oxford University; her 2002 dissertation is titled "Essays on the determinants of the components of savings in developing countries".[6] In 1997, she earned a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.[7] She also earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Finance and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Chemistry from American University in Washington D.C.

Moyo 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.

Awards and memberships [edit]

The Daily Beast also selected Moyo as one of "150 Extraordinary Women Who Shake The World".[8]

In 2009, Moyo was honoured by the World Economic Forum as one of its Young Global Leaders.[9] In 2009 TIME Magazine named Moyo as one of the world's 100 most influential people.[10] In September 2009 Moyo was featured in Oprah Winfrey's power list of 20 remarkable visionaries.[11] In 2010, Dambisa Moyo was a participant at the Bilderberg Conference.[12]

Moyo serves on the board of Barclays Bank,[13] SABMiller,[14] and Barrick Gold.[15] She has done numerous speaking engagements at organizations including: OECD, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Council on Foreign Relations, American Enterprise Institute and the 2009 Munk Debates as well as most of the G7 countries. In 2009 and 2010 she spoke at TEDxBrussels.[16]

Moyo is a regular contributor to financial journals such as the Financial Times[17] and the Wall Street Journal[18] and has appeared as a guest on networks such as CNN,[19][20] CNBC,[21][22] Bloomberg,[23] BBC[24] and Fox Business.[25] She was a Patron of Absolute Return for Kids (ARK),[26] a hedge fund-supported children’s charity. Her writing is represented by The Wylie Agency.[27]

Bibliography [edit]

Winner Take All [edit]

Moyo's 3rd book Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World was published in June 2012. The book examines the commodity dynamics that the world will face over the next several decades. In particular, the implications of China's rush for resources across all regions of the world. With the scale of China’s resource campaign for hard commodities (metals and minerals) and soft commodities (timber and food) being one of the largest in history, Moyo presents her research of the financial and geopolitical implications of this in a world of diminishing resources and argues that we are in the middle of unprecedented times.[28]

Winner Take All became a New York Times best-seller debuting at #13[29] as well as entering The Wall Street Journal's business best sellers at #4[30] and the Publishers Weekly best-seller list at #11.[31]

The Telegraph criticized Winner Take All as a "flawed and frustrating book, simplistic, poorly written, careless with facts and largely devoid of originality".[32]

A review in The Financial Times states that "If Dambisa Moyo is right, the demands of the world’s most populous state are bad news for the rest of us...One cannot accuse Moyo of failing to do her homework. So much has been packed into it that her book is impossible to read without learning something."[33] Kirkus Reviews states "Written to clarify important global questions, this book deserves a wide audience."[34]

How The West Was Lost [edit]

Moyo’s second book, entitled How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead, offers an account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West over the past 50 years. In particular, Moyo examines how America’s flawed decisions and blinkered policies choices around Capital, Labour and Technology – key ingredients for economic growth and success – have resulted in an economic and geo-political seesaw that is now poised to tip in favour of the emerging world.

It became a New York Times bestseller, debuting at #6 in its first week.[35] It also debuted at #4 in the Washington Post[36] and #2 in the Wall Street Journal.[37] The book also had success in Canada, peaking at #4 and remaining on the bestseller list for 6 weeks.[38]

In a review, Paul Collier states that "her diagnosis of the recent disasters in financial markets is succinct and sophisticated"[39] and continues "I applaud her brave alarum against our economic and social complacency: her core concerns are sufficiently close to painful truths to warrant our attention."[39] Dominic Lawson writes in The Times "This argument...can rarely have been made more concisely...Moyo is a very serious lady indeed."[40] The Independent says "the sad saga of the recession gives legs to Dambisa Moyo’s provocatively-entitled book, for it goes to the heart of the great economic issue of our times: how swiftly will power shift over this century?".[41] The Guardian says "How the West Was Lost is more interesting, wider in scale and more important than Dead Aid".[42]

Bloomberg summarizes "[The book] offers up a well-reasoned look at how the world’s most-advanced nations are squandering their economic lead — and how they might survive by fighting Chinese fire with fire….The book offers Western politicians a prescription for stopping the rot."[43] Bloomberg named it one of their top business books of 2011.[44]

In contrast, Alan Beattie of the Financial Times says "The challenges it identifies are for the most part real, if not original. But the huge flaws of the emerging economies are ignored." [45] The Economist says "these arguments need much better supporting material than the book provides".[46]

Ireland's Sunday Business Post says "Moyo’s analysis of the fundamental underpinnings of the credit crunch, especially the role of leveraging, is ... nuanced and insightful".[47]

Dead Aid [edit]

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa argues that foreign aid has harmed Africa and that it should be phased out.[48] It became a New York Times bestseller. It is published in Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese and Dutch.

The book offers proposals for developing countries to finance development, instead of relying on foreign aid. Moyo has stated that her arguments are based on those made by pro-market economists like Peter Bauer (to whom the book is dedicated)[49] and, later, William Easterly.[50] The Financial Times summarized the book's argument: "Limitless development assistance to African governments, she argues, has fostered dependency, encouraged corruption and ultimately perpetuated poor governance and poverty."[51] She argues that foreign aid helps perpetuate the cycle of poverty and hinders economic growth in Africa.

Harvard professor and historian Niall Ferguson wrote the foreword to Dead Aid. Quotes by the Chairman and CEO of Forbes, Steve Forbes, appear on the book jacket as well as by former United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Annan who says "Dambisa Moyo makes a compelling case for a new approach to Africa".

Moyo's ideas are similar to those held by the Rwandan Government and President Paul Kagame. He says that "Dead Aid has given us an accurate evaluation of the aid culture today".[52] Kagame also invited Moyo to Rwanda to discuss her thesis and bought copies of the book for his entire cabinet.[50][53] The President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade has also expressed similar views on aid.[50]

The thesis has also been noted by the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Speaking at a China-Africa Cooperation summit in Egypt, he said "I have read a book titled Dead Aid written by Dambisa Moyo. The author talks about her personal experiences and draws the conclusion that China's assistance to Africa is sincere, credible, practical and efficient and is welcomed by the African people. I am confident that time will prove that friendship and cooperation between the Chinese and African people has a bright future."[54]

In a book review, economist Paul Collier calls Moyo's analysis "over-optimistic" in that "She implies that, were aid cut, African governments would respond by turning to other sources of finance that would make them more accountable." According to Collier, "this exaggerates the opportunity for alternative finance and underestimates the difficulties African societies face." [55] David Roodman, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development calls the book "sporadically footnoted, selective in its use of facts, sloppy, simplistic, illogical, and stunningly naive",[56] while the Financial Times notes that the book "studiously ignores evidence of development assistance working".[51]

The pro-aid organization ONE has claimed that Dead Aid is "reckless" and that it calls to "cut-off all aid".[57] Moyo points out in a number of interviews that this is a misrepresentation of her ideas[58] and the Financial Times notes that ONE's campaign "at least partially backfired".[51]

The economist Jeffrey Sachs has said more foreign aid is needed to improve conditions for Africa[59] but Moyo points out that when Sachs was her lecturer at Harvard it was he himself who taught that "the path to long-term development would only be achieved through private sector involvement and free market solutions".[60]

Publications [edit]

References [edit]

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  2. ^ "How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly-and the Stark Choices Ahead (9780374173258): Dambisa Moyo: Books: Reviews, Prices & more". Amazon.com. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
  3. ^ Dambisa Moyo (28 February 2012). Winner Take All: China's Push for Resources and What It Means for the World. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02828-3. Retrieved 12 August 2012. 
  4. ^ "The NS Interview: Dambisa Moyo, economist". NewStatesman. 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2012-08-24. 
  5. ^ "The 2009 Time 100". Time. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 
  6. ^ St Antony's College in the Media. Sant.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2012-08-12.
  7. ^ Hodges, Lindsay. (2009-04-01) Harvard Kennedy School – Alumna Argues Aid in Africa is Failing, Needs to be Reassessed. Hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved on 2012-08-12.
  8. ^ Women in the World. The Daily Beast. Retrieved on 2012-08-12.
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  11. ^ "O's First-Ever Power List". Oprah.com. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
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  15. ^ Barrick Gold Corp (USA) Quote Page (ABX). Dailyfinance.com. Retrieved on 2012-08-12.
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  27. ^ The Wylie Agency. Retrieved on 2012-08-12.
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