Dambisa Moyo (Lusaka, 1969). She completed a PhD in Economics at Oxford University and holds a Masters degree from Harvard University. She completed an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and an MBA in Finance at the American University in Washington D.C. With expertise in international economy issues, Moyo has been a consultant for the World Bank. Her writing regularly appears in economic and finance-related publications such as the _Financial Times_, _The Economist Magazine_ and the _Wall Street Journal_. She is the author of _Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How there is a Better Way for Africa_ (2009), now published in Spanish by Gota a Gota under the title _Cuando la ayuda es el problema_ and _How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead_ (2011). In 2009 Ms. Moyo was named by _Time Magazine_ as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World”, and was nominated to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Forum.