Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His research interests lie in international economic relations, economic growth and development, and income inequality and social mobility.  Quah's current projects (1) study the modern practice of economic statecraft, including how to build future multilateralisms; and (2) analyze the impact of fraying multilateralism on economic growth and social mobility.  

Among other positions, Quah serves on the World Bank President's Economic Advisory Panel; the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development's Advisory Board; and the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Geopolitics.

Quah was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at MIT, and then at LSE Professor of Economics and International Development, and Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre. At LSE he also served as Head of Department for Economics.  At the School Quah served as Dean 2018-2025. 

Quah studied at Princeton, Minnesota, and Harvard.