Wing Thye Woo
Member of the CASE Advisory Council
Member of the CASE Advisory Council
Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of California in Davis and a Special Advisor for East Asian Economies in the Millennium Project of the United Nations, Wing Thye Woo is also a visiting researcher at the Earth Institute of Columbia University. Currently he focuses on areas including international financial relations, economic development, the economics of exchange rates, and the economies of East Asia – mainly China and Indonesia.
Background:
Current Positions:
- President, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia (JCI), Sunway University, (2014–present),
- Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of California at Davis,
- Director, East Asia Program of the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University,
- Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University, (2002–present),
- Distinguished Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, (2012–present).
Previous Positions:
- Special Advisor for East Asian Economies in the Millennium Project of the United Nations (2002-2005),
- Faculty Associate, Harvard Institute for International Development, (1997–2000),
- Special Advisor, U.S. Treasury, (1997–1998),
- Advisor to Asia Foundation project "Economies in Transition", (1994-96).
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