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Choong, Christopher

Christopher Choong Weng Wai is a Deputy Director of Research at the Khazanah Research Institute. His research interest pivots around poverty, inequality and exclusion in the context of economic growth and socio-spatial processes. Prior to joining the Institute, Christopher was the Economist for the UNDP Country Office of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, responsible for the inclusive growth portfolio of the country programme and before that he was attached to the Khazanah Research and Investment Strategy (KRIS) division at Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Christopher holds a Master of Development Economics (Distinction) from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a Bachelor of Economics (Distinction) from the University of Malaya.