Wing Thye Woo College of Letters and Science Economics Recipient 2003-2004

During his nineteen-year career as a member of the faculty at UCD, Professor Wing Woo has used his expertise in macroeconomic development and transition economics to make an outstanding public contribution to economic development in many parts of the world. He has served as a formal and informal advisor to the governments of China, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mongolia, Taiwan, Ukraine, and Viet Nam. He served as a Special Advisor on Asian Economies to the US Treasury and continues to contribute papers and testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress. He served as an advisor to the Asian Development Bank, the Global Development Network, the World Economic Forum, and the Institute for South East Asian Studies. He recently served as a Special Advisor for East Asian Economies in the Millennium Goals Project of the United Nations, whose goals include the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, the reduction of child mortality, and world wide environmental stability.