Jomo Kwame Sundaram

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Full Name	Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Occupation	Economist
Date Of Birth	Dec 11, 1952(1952-12-11)
Age	72
Country	Malaysia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Jomo Kwame Sundaram Biography

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on December 11, 1952 in Malaysia.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Tamil: ஜோமோ குவாமே சுந்தரம் , romanized: Jōmō kuvāmē cuntaram) (born 11 December 1952), known as Jomo, is a prominent Malaysian economist. He holds the Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia, and is Visiting Senior Fellow at Khazanah Research Institute, Visiting Fellow at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, and Adjunct Professor at the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

After graduating cum laude from Yale with a major in economics, Jomo went to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and received his MPA in 1974, before returning to teach in Malaysia at the Science University of Malaysia (USM). Jomo then returned to Harvard to complete his doctorate in late 1977 while teaching at Yale, after earlier teaching stints at Harvard during 1974 and 1975 in the Economics Department, the Social Studies program and the Kennedy Institute of Politics. In mid-1982, Jomo moved to the University of Malaya, where he remained until 2004. He was a British Academy Visiting Professor and later Visiting Fellow at Cambridge (1987–88, 1991–92), Fulbright Visiting Professor at Cornell University (1993) and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (2004).

Jomo Kwame Sundaram Net Worth

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is one of the richest Economist from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jomo Kwame Sundaram 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Named after two African anti-colonial leaders, Jomo was born in Penang, Malaysia, soon after the first Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta was incarcerated by the British in late 1952 and years after the first Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah served as Secretary of the Pan-African Congress. He spent his early years studying at Westlands Primary School (1959–63), the Penang Free School (1964–66) and the Royal Military College (1967–70), when he was selected as Malaysia’s delegate to the World Youth Forum in 1970.

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From January 2005 until August 2012, Jomo served as Assistant Secretary- General for Economic Development in the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and (Honorary) Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development since December 2006. He also led the response to the 2005 Summit call to help Member States develop national development strategies to achieve the internationally agreed development goals while promoting their greater coherence as the United Nations Development Agenda. Jomo has tried to ensure greater UN system-wide collaboration in report preparation including the annual World Economic and Social Survey and biennial Report on the World Social Situation.

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Kris Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Jomo Kwame Sundaram celebrates birthday on December 11 of every year.

His extensive writings have covered development economics, international economics, industrial policy, privatisation, rent-seeking corruption, economic liberalisation, economic distribution, affirmative action, ethnic relations, Islam, and Malaysian history. Jomo has authored or edited over a hundred books and translated a dozen volumes besides writing many academic papers and articles for the media. Some of his better known books include A Question of Class, Privatizing Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s Misunderstood Miracle, Tigers in Trouble, Malaysia’s Political Economy, Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development, Malaysian Eclipse, The New Development Economics, Flat World, Big Gaps, Reforming the International Financial System for Development, Poor Poverty and Good Governance for What? In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.

Top Facts about Jomo Kwame Sundaram

1. Jomo Kwame Sundaram is a Malaysian economist and academic.
2. He served as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development at the UN.
3. Sundaram has authored over 35 books and 200 academic papers.
4. He was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize in Economics in 2020.
5. Sundaram has been a vocal critic of neoliberal economic policies.
6. He advocates for more equitable and sustainable development strategies.
7. Sundaram holds degrees from Yale University and Harvard University.
8. He has held teaching positions at universities around the world.
9. Sundaram was appointed to Malaysia’s Council of Eminent Persons in 2018.
10. He continues to be an influential voice on global economic issues today.