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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Wing Thye Woo

Wing Thye Woo

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development

Wing Thye Woo is an expert on the East Asian economies, particularly China, Indonesia and Malaysia. He has advised the U.S. Treasury Department, the IMF, World Bank and the United Nations. He specializes in exchange rates, economic growth, regional economic disparity and financial sector development.



Expertise

Economic issues of East Asia (particularly China and Indonesia); International financial architecture; Economic growth; Exchange rate economics

  • Language Fluency:
  • Mandarin
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Bahasa Malaysia
  • Cantonese
  • Taiwanese

Background

Current Positions
Professor, Department of Economics, University of California at Davis; Director, East Asia Program, Center for Globalisation and Sustainable Development, Columbia University

Past Positions
Special Advisor for East Asian Economies in the Millennium Project of the United Nations (2002-2005); Special Advisor to the U.S. Treasury (1997-1998); Consultant to China's Ministry of Finance (1994)

Awards
Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award, University of California at Davis; appointed Distinguished ISIS Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Malaysia; Chang Jiang Scholar, Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China

Education

Ph.D., M.A. (1982), Harvard University; M.A. (1978), Yale University; B.A., B.S. (1976), Swarthmore College

"China's growth has been accompanied by growing anxiety in the United States. While U.S.-based multinationals rush to establish a foothold in China's growing market and U.S. consumers stock up on 'made in China' merchandise, American manufacturing workers, small business owners and politicians have become anxious about this latest wave of globalization."


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioCan China Grow Itself Out of Trouble?February 26, 2009The Straits Times
Save to My PortfolioChina's Short-term and Long-term Economic Goals and ProspectsFebruary 17, 2009U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Save to My PortfolioThe G-20 Financial Summit: Seven Issues at StakeNovember 12, 2008G-20 Summit Report
Save to My PortfolioThe Right Way to Beat Chinese InflationJuly 02, 2008Project Syndicate
Save to My PortfolioMalaysian Elections: Rejection of the Usual PoliticsMarch 10, 2008The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioWhat Form Should An Asian Economic Union Take?November 2007Japan Economic Currents No. 67, Keizai Koho Center
Save to My PortfolioA Harmonious Socialist Society or Bust: China's Quest for Sustainable DevelopmentDecember 01, 2006Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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