Danny Quah

Danny Quah

Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore - Photo Credit: National University of Singapore

Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. His work is organized around world order, economic growth and development, and inequality and income mobility. Prof. Danny Quah analyzes the supply and demand of international systems, analyzing the preferences of Great Powers and the needs of the global community. His research on income mobility challenges conventional narratives on inequality, highlighting the broad diversity of economic experiences across nations. As Commissioner on the Spence-Stiglitz Commission and LSE’s Global Economic Governance Commission, and member of World Bank President's Economic Advisory Panel, Danny Quah seeks to influence global economic transformation. Finally, he holds advisory roles with organizations like the World Economic Forum, UNDP, and a range of agencies and ministries, helping shape global economic and geopolitical discourse. Prof. Quah is the author of The Global Economy’s Shifting Centre of Gravity.