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Dambisa Moyo

1969 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dambisa Moyo is the 333rd most popular economist (up from 409th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Zambia (up from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Zambian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Dambisa Moyo ranks 333 out of 414. Before her are Käthe Leichter, Robert Rubin, Anna Schwartz, Paul A. Baran, Bernard Lietaer, and John Lipsky. After her are Jacob Viner, John R. Commons, Abel Aganbegyan, Henryk Grossman, Ilham Tohti, and Muriel Casals i Couturier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Dambisa Moyo ranks 297. Before her are Noah Taylor, Kari Lake, Nancy Kerrigan, Seiichi Negishi, Sofia Milos, and Stefan Schwarz. After her are Jan Axel Blomberg, MaliVai Washington, James Gray, Ilke Wyludda, Elliott Smith, and Carlos Roa.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Dambisa Moyo ranks 16 out of 41. Before her are Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Denise Scott Brown (1931), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), and Guy Scott (1944). After her are Gillian Cowley (1955), Samuel Matete (1968), Janny Sikazwe (1979), A. C. Grayling (1949), Christopher Katongo (1982), and Emmanuel Mayuka (1990).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Zambia

Among economists born in Zambia, Dambisa Moyo ranks 2. Before her are Stanley Fischer (1943).

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