Dambisa Moyo is a well renowned global economist. Born in Zambia she was exposed to the harsh economic realities that Africa faces early in her life. At independence in , Zambia had adopted an economic left-wing policy.
It was partially run by central planning, with short five-year plans. Soon private companies were nationalized and incorporated into large state-owned syndicates. The government's goal was to be self-sufficient, which it sought to achieve through replacing foreign imports with domestic production. At first the plan worked and there was economic growth but in the mids the economy started to fall excessively.
This brought about her inspiration to change her home and its approach to economics. Her parents went to the same university and were also married while still attending. Her father was the son of a miner in apartheid South Africa, her mother the daughter of a man who would later train to be a teacher. Coming as they did from different tribes and from different parts of rural colonial Africa, they did not share the same language therefore, they mainly conversed in English.
These factors would mold Dambisa the woman who would soon shape economics and become well known. At this point Zambia had only been independent from British colonial rule for six years. The excitement at the possibilities for the future that may lie ahead was tangible. The s were an exciting time to be African. Many of the other African nations had just achieved independence as well. With that came a deep sense of dignity, self—respect and hope for the future.
Upon graduation, her mother had up to eleven job offers. Her father wanted to continue his studies, and he was offered a scholarship at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their move was thoughtfully planned out. The goal of her parents was for her father to further his education in California. The next phase was for her mother to complete an advanced degree in Britain. After it was all said and done then they would return to Africa. Her parents lived, worked, and studied in the USA for eight years and upon her father's Ph.
Moyo had most of her schooling in Zambia where she completeed primary, secondary, and tertiary education, even attending the same college her parents had graduated from years earlier. She studied chemistry but her studies were interrupted by an attempted coup during the time of President Kenneth Kaunda. Just as her father had done, Moyo came to the United States to study.
She ended up in the United States on a scholarship, eager to complete higher education and like both of her parents, certain that she would soon return to Zambia. Oxford Union Read Nore. Tsinghua University, Schwarzman College. TED Global , Speaker over 2 million views.
TED Global , Speaker over 1 million views. Whitman Lecture at the Peterson Institute. Atlantic Council Read Nore. Bretton Woods Committee Read Nore. Economic Club of New York. Foreign Policy Association, Honorary Fellow. Dambisa Moyo is a marathon-running author and international economist who analyses the macroeconomy and global affairs.
She was an economist at Goldman Sachs, where she worked for nearly a decade, and was a consultant to the World Bank. World-class content from world-class thinkers. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.
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