Yuwa Hedrick-Wong is a Canadian economist who has worked in thirty-six countries on five continents and has lived in Bangladesh and Singapore for extended periods. He taught international political economy at Fudan University in Shanghai, the National University of Singapore, and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He authored and co-authored seven books on economic development, conflict and society and the global challenge of inclusive growth. He lives with his wife on Salt Spring Island off the West Coast of Canada, where he gardens enthusiastically under his wife's guidance.
