Oliver W. Kim
Also known as Oliver Kim
Development economist at Coefficient Giving; writes Global Developments.
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- Oliver W.
- Kim is a development economist and economic historian.
- Kim is a research fellow at Coefficient Giving, looking for cause areas to fund in global health and development.
- Kim's research treats industrialization and structural change as routes out of extreme poverty, from the East Asian Miracle to sub-Saharan Africa.
- Kim earned a PhD in economics at UC Berkeley in 2024 and writes the newsletter Global Developments.
Key facts
- Position
- Research Fellow, Coefficient Giving (as of November 2026)1
- Education
- AB in economics, Harvard College (2016); PhD in economics, UC Berkeley (2024)1
- Earlier
- Research analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2016 to 20181
- Research
- Development and economic history: industrialization, the East Asian Miracle, sub-Saharan Africa1
- Newsletter
- Global Developments1
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