- Dr. Dambisa Felicia Moyo (born 2 February 1969) is a Zambian-born international economist and author who analyzes the macroeconomy and global affairs.
- Dambisa Moyo was born in 1969 in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia.
- She spent some of her childhood in the United States, while her father was pursuing his post graduation education, then returned to Zambia.
- Moyo studied chemistry at the University of Zambia but left in 1991 for her university studies.
- She finished her degree in the U.S. via a scholarship to American University in Washington, D.C.
- Moyo received a BS in Chemistry from the American University in 1991, then an MBA in Finance from the university in 1993.
- She acquired a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997.
- In 2002 she received a DPhil in Economics from St Antony’s College, Oxford University.
- Her Oxford studies were in macroeconomics, and her doctoral dissertation was on savings rates in developing countries.
- Moyo is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Global Economic Imbalances, and spoke at the 2005 annual WEF conference in Davos.
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