Ayesha Umar Wahedi

Email: aumar@pdx.edu
Phone: 503.725.3921
Office: 670-12 URBN

Ayesha Umar Wahedi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Public Affairs and Policy Program in the School of Government. She received her M.S. in Economics from Oregon State University, a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics from Kinnaird College, Pakistan. Ms. Wahedi's research interests include: international political economy, economic development, multinational corporations and foreign investment, international finance, and power transition theory. She is coauthor of "Will Foreign Aid Help Curb Terrorism in Pakistan?" in a forthcoming book, The Performance of Governments. Her dissertation explores what kinds of capital flows foster economic development, given the developmental level and the institutional capacity of a country.