Wing Thye Woo

Former Brookings Expert

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 International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the United Nations. He specializes in exchange rates, economic growth, regional economic disparity, and financial sector development.

Additional Expertise Areas: Macroeconomic management of open economies; East Asian economies (particularly China, Indonesia and Malaysia); International financial architecture; Economic growth; Exchange rate economics
Experience
Current Positions: Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis; President, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Bandar Sunway; Chang Jiang Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing; Distinguished Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai; Distinguished Fellow, Penang Institute, George Town; Director, East Asia Program, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Past Positions: Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center; Special Advisor for East Asian Economies, Millennium Project, United Nations (2002-2005); Special Advisor, U.S. Treasury Department (1997-1998); Consultant, Ministry of Finance, Republic of China (1994)
Education: Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University (1982); M.A., Yale University (1978); B.A., B.S., Swarthmore College (1976)