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Senior Fellow

Wing Thye Woo

Wing Thye Woo

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development
New Century Chair in International Trade and Economics

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)

Expert 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

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