April 5, 2009 Dambisa Moyo
Author: "Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa"
BIO: CURRENT:
·Working on forthcoming book "How the West Was Lost"
·Author, "Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa" (2009)
PREVIOUS:
·Goldman Sachs, Head of Economic Research and Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa
·World Bank
EDUCATION
·PhD in Economics, Oxford University
·Masters, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
·BS in Chemistry, American University
·MBA in Finance, American University
Info: Our guest is Dambisa Moyo, author of "Dead Aid: Why Aid is not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa." The book argues that western financial aid to African countries has actually hurt instead of helped. She argues that microfinancing as well as access to capital markets and increased trade with China are better ways to assist the continent. Dambisa Moyo was born in Zambia and has worked at Goldman Sachs and the World Bank. She has a masters degree from Harvard and a PhD from Oxford.
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