Yang Bai

Yang Bai is a PhD student in the Department of International Development at King’s College London. Her research examines the effects of financialisation on industrial sectors in South Africa and China, aiming to bridge a crucial gap in development economics. Combining quantitative econometric analysis with qualitative sectoral research, her work explores how financialisation contributes to deindustrialisation in these economies and how this relationship varies between manufacturing and mining sectors.

Yang holds an MSc in Emerging Economies and International Development from King’s College London and a BA in Economics from Durham University. Alongside her PhD, she works as an Associate Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she teaches microeconomics and macroeconomics. She has previous experience in financial management and analysis in China, where she contributed to corporate financial strategies and operations. Her research seeks to provide policymakers with strategic insights on balancing financial growth with industrial development in emerging economies, contributing to both academic scholarship and practical solutions.