Business Time, venue changed for Moyo speech Nov. 11 at UNC
| Time, venue changed for Moyo speech Nov. 11 at UNC |
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| Monday, October 26, 2009 | |
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To accommodate an overwhelming demand for seats, the time and venue have been changed for the speech by Dambisa Moyo Nov. 11 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The address by the economist and New York Times best-selling author of “Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa” will now occur at 6 p.m. at the William and Ida Friday Center on N.C. Highway 54. Shuttle buses will run from Carmichael Auditorium on the UNC campus to the Friday Center every 10 minutes or as buses fill from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. to help those on campus without transportation get to the event. The lecture is part of the Business Across Border Series hosted by the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the economic development and outreach arm of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, and is sponsored in part by UNC’s Center for International Business Education and Research. Those who wish to attend should visit www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/moyo to respond. In her book, Moyo contends that the more than $1 trillion in government-to-government aid wealthy nations have given Africa over the past 50 years have trapped the continent in a vicious circle of aid dependency, corruption, market distortion and further poverty. She is an advocate for more innovative ways for Africa to finance development, including trade with China, accessing the capital markets and microfinance. A native of Zambia, Moyo completed a doctor of economics at Oxford University, a master’s degree from Harvard University, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and master of business administration in finance from American University. She worked at Goldman Sachs for eight years in the debt capital markets, hedge fund coverage and global macroeconomics teams. Previously, she worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Time magazine in April named Moyo one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The Kenan Institute conducts research and programming in the areas of entrepreneurship, economic development and global competitiveness. For more information, visit www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu. Photo: http://www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/moyo_photo/moyo.jpg Kenan Institute contact: Cyndy Falgout, (919) 401-3548 |
