June 2024

Shelley Liu and Edmund Malesky discussed Liu’s book, “Governing After War: Rebel Victories and Post-War Statebuilding,” during an event hosted by the Duke Center for International Development. Published in March by Oxford University Press, the book explores how wartime processes in different African countries affect state-building efforts.

"Women in Development Talk" aims to celebrate the contributions of and explore the challenges faced by women in the international development field. The series launched with two virtual events - one with a technology and development theme and the other focusing on peacebuilding and conflict management.

As part of the Leadership Development Fellowship initiative, the Duke Center for International Development hosted 18 young professionals from 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for a program focused on civic engagement, innovative leadership and climate action.

Edmund Malesky discussed DCID's research on the dynamics of political will and its role in anti-corruption efforts during the 2024 USAID DRG Learning Forum. The study explored how corruption can be addressed in environments where political will is weak.

Alex Pfaff: "Tackling debt, biodiversity loss, and climate change"

Alex Pfaff talks to The Economic Times on how policy can help restore ecology

Jonathan Stromseth discusses U.S.-Vietnam relations with Vietnam's foreign minister

Edmund Malesky provides overview of Vietnamese citizens’ satisfaction with e-governance

Shelley Liu interviewed by Good Authority about fake news in South African politics

Edmund Malesky leads research methodology for Provincial Competitiveness Index, Provincial Green Index

Sarah Bermeo, Kerilyn Schewel discuss climate-related migration and adaptation funding on CSIS podcast 

Edmund Malesky interviewed about Vietnam election legislation, citizens' voting behavior

Karina Fernandez-Stark, Penny Bamber talk to New York Times about semiconductors industry and Latin America's potential role

Forty-five Duke scholars to pursue climate solutions research, supported by grants from Duke Climate Research Innovation Seed Program

Subhrendu Pattanayak: "Mitigating agricultural residue burning: challenges and solutions across land classes in Punjab, India"

Marcos Rangel named scientific director of North Carolina Education Research Data Center

Master's Projects presented this spring ranged from enhancing Indonesia’s taxation for addressing income inequality to strengthening climate adaptation among small scale farmers to psychosocial support in humanitarian programs in Yemen.

Twenty-six MIDP fellows (22 May 2024 grads, two Sept. 2024 grads and two Dec. 2023 grads) participated in the Sanford School of Public Policy graduate degree ceremony on May 10. Later that day, about 70 fellows, faculty, families and friends celebrated the graduates at Family Night, which included dinner and sharing stories about the MIDP experience.  

Goharik Tigranyan

Imad Alhajj

Jorge Delgado Golusda

Christian Menin 

Rachel Ansley

Solomon Ayehu

Gonzalo Pertile MIDP’17 is committed to sustainable development, social justice and corporate responsibility. He says, "My career reflects a commitment to creating positive social and environmental impacts, from improving supply chain sustainability at J.Crew Group to enhancing the livelihoods of artisans through Meso Goods." Read more about Gonzalo.

Ainur Tuimebekova MIDP'24 is the Director of the Department for Partnerships and Regional Projects at the Kazakhstan Agency of International Development (KazAID) at Astana, Kazakhstan.  

Goharik Tigranyan MIDP'24 is program officer-gender inclusive democracy at the International Republican Institute in Yerevan, Armenia.  

Dylan Moore MPP'24, IDP Cert'24 is a research associate at New York Climate Exchange.

Li Jia Go MEM'24, IDP Cert'24 is a consultant at the World Bank, based in Washington D.C.  

Siyao Chen MIDP'24 has accepted a job with TikTok as an intellectual property governance manager and will be based in Seattle.  

Rural Transformations Speaker Series

Revitalizing Land-Grant Universities
June 28, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT
Speakers: Ricardo Salvador, director and senior scientist of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Margiana Petersen-Rockney, postdoc scholar at UC Berkeley. Register

Imagining New Property Relations
July 11, 12:00-1:30 p.m. EDT
Speakers: Jed Purdy, Raphael Lemkin Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law School, Jessica Shoemaker, Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Law at Nebraska College of Law, and Anne Eisenberg, professor of law and research director of the Center for Energy and Sustainable Development at West Virginia University College of Law. Register

Upcoming Programs

Behavioral Economics & Behavioral Science
July 8 - August 2, Online

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Financial Management (PFD)
August 5 - 23, In-person at Duke