Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo
The Baroness Moyo | |
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Moyo in 2024 | |
| Born | Dambisa Felicia Moyo 2 February 1969 Lusaka, Zambia |
| Alma mater | University of Zambia 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 | Non-affiliated |
| 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) is a Zambian-born economist and author, known for her analysis of macroeconomics and global affairs. 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).