Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo is a Zambian-born economist and author whose books critique international development aid and examine global economic power, growth, and resources.

William Easterly: William Easterly is an economist known for criticizing centralized foreign-aid planning and advocating locally driven development. His skepticism toward aid planning parallels Moyo’s critique, though their diagnoses and proposed remedies differ.
Dead Aid: Dambisa Moyo’s 2009 book arguing that long-term government-to-government aid has impeded African economic development. This book established her best-known case against conventional development assistance.
Aid effectiveness: Aid effectiveness concerns whether development assistance achieves durable improvements and how aid delivery can be improved. The debate tests Moyo’s claims against evidence about aid outcomes and institutional design.
Foreign aid debate: The foreign aid debate concerns whether and how assistance from wealthier countries supports development in poorer countries. Moyo became a prominent critic within this broader argument over aid’s costs and benefits.
Jeffrey Sachs: Jeffrey Sachs is an economist who has advocated large-scale aid and coordinated interventions to reduce global poverty. His case for expanded aid directly opposes Moyo’s argument that aid can undermine development.
How the West Was Lost: Dambisa Moyo’s book examining policy choices she argues weakened Western economic growth and competitiveness. It shifts her analysis from African aid to the economic trajectory of Western countries.
Official development assistance: Official development assistance is government aid intended to promote economic development and welfare in eligible countries. Moyo distinguishes long-term official aid from private investment, trade, and emergency relief.
Development economics: Development economics studies how economies can reduce poverty and improve living standards over time. Her arguments address the field’s central questions about growth, institutions, and poverty reduction.
Paul Collier: Paul Collier is an economist whose research and books address poverty, conflict, and economic development in poorer countries. His work offers another influential account of development challenges and policy responses.
Winner Take All: Dambisa Moyo’s book about global competition for scarce natural resources and its economic consequences. It develops her analysis of resource constraints and competition among major powers.

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