Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo

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).

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Moyo
Official portrait, 2023
Born
Dambisa Felicia Moyo

(1969-02-02) 2 February 1969
Lusaka, Zambia
Alma materAmerican University (BS, MBA)
Harvard University (MPA)
St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Occupations
  • Economist
  • author
  • peer
Known forEconomic theories on macroeconomics, global affairs, international development
Notable workDead Aid (2009)
How the West Was Lost (2011)
Winner Take All (2012)
Edge of Chaos (2018)
How Boards Work (2021)
Political partyConservative
SpouseJared Smith
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
8 November 2022
Life peerage
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