Congrats to the MIDP Class of 2023 |
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We celebrated the newest MIDP graduates in a Sanford graduate ceremony. Noorin Nazari MIDP '07 served as the graduation speaker. View her speech at the 15:15 mark in the video.
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Phyllis Pomerantz authors new book |
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Phyllis Pomerantz, professor of the practice emerita, has authored Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice. Drawing on 25 years of experience in development practice and 15 years in education, Pomerantz reflects on recent efforts to accelerate aid’s impact and offers perspective on the future of aid. DCID looks forward to hosting Prof. Pomerantz on Sept. 19 for a discussion about her book.
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Kelly, Shukla and Fernholz transition to professors emeriti |
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MIDP director of graduate studies transition |
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Associate Professor Sarah Bermeo
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Associate Dean Cory Krupp
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Prof. Sarah Bermeo recently concluded her term as director of graduate studies (DGS) for the Master of International Development Policy (MIDP) program. She stepped into the role at the height of the pandemic and provided leadership and support to guide us through a challenging time. She will continue to be a DCID faculty affiliate and co-direct the Program on Climate-Related Migration.
Cory Krupp, associate dean of academic programs, now begins a two-year term as the DGS. She previously held this role for more than 10 years.
Thank you, Sarah and Cory, for your service!
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Duke conference explores migration, climate change and policy
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The Conference on Climate Change and Migration explored the future of migration in the context of climate change and its impact on policy needs. Çağlar Özden, co-director of the World Development Report 2023, delivered the keynote address. The event was hosted by the Program on Climate-Related Migration, which is directed by Associate Professor Sarah Bermeo and Lecturing Fellow Kerilyn Schewel.
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DCID director leads research for Vietnam provincial indices |
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Malesky also serves as primary author and lead researcher for Vietnam’s Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), an ongoing, collaborative effort between the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and USAID. He helped launch the 2022 report, which introduced the Provincial Green Index (PGI), an assessment of provincial environmental policies from the viewpoint of businesses.
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Robyn Meeks, assistant professor of public policy and DCID affiliate, will join Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) as one of five visiting fellows conducting research projects related to climate. Her newest research looks at the impact of electricity service quality improvements in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Marc Jeuland, associate professor of public policy and DCID affiliate, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for the 2023-24 academic year. While at the University of Cape Town, he will conduct research focused on the limited access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Roy Kelly, professor of the practice emeritus, presented on property tax reform during World Bank’s 2023 Land and Property Valuation Learning Week.
Eric Mvukiyehe, assistant professor of economics and DCID affiliate, co-authored "The long-run effect of public works employment: Evidence from Tunisia" and "Do Public Works Programs Have Sustained Impacts? A Review of Experimental Studies from LMICs."
Edmund Malesky, DCID director, co-authored "Digital Consultation of Firms and Perception of Government’s Regulatory Legitimacy: Piloting an Experiment in Regulation Design in Thailand."
Rural Transformations, a series co-hosted by DCID and the Center for Modernity in Transition and moderated by Kerilyn Schewel, co-director of the Duke Program on Climate-Related Migration and DCID lecturing fellow, recently concluded. The series included "Climate Change, Adaptation and Migration;" "Religion and Development;" and "Local Knowledge, Global Change." View recordings of the virtual events.
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The Project Appraisal and Risk Management (PARM) 2023 cohort, led by Prof. Fernando Fernholz, and the Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs (M&EDP) 2023 cohort, led by Prof. GP Shukla, successfully completed their programs last month. PARM was held in-person while M&EDP was online.
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DCID hosts Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program |
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Twenty professionals from six continents traveled to Duke for an intensive week of programming as a part of a Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program focused on Human Rights and Social Justice. Fellows took classes with professors ranging on topics from human rights law to human rights budgeting to transformative dialogue. Fellows then traveled to over a dozen host organizations working on human rights and social justice issues across 11 states in the country to get exposure to novel programming ideas. Fellows finished the two-week program with meetings with organizations and the Department of State in Washington, D.C. Catherine Admay, senior lecturer, and Matt Bunyi, director of executive education and strategic initiatives, served as faculty director and program director, respectively.
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| Nasr Ibrahim MIDP '23 and Bethany Old MIDP '22, who met in the MIDP program, wed on May 13, 2023. Congratulations to the newlyweds!
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Solomon Ayehu (MIDP Dec. '23) participated in Duke’s Cybersecurity Leadership Program in May. The program brought together a dynamic group of professionals from the private and public sectors around the globe to discuss and hone the outlook of cybersecurity policy that countries should critically take into consideration. Ayehu, a medical doctor from Ethiopia, shared on LinkedIn: “With the exponential growth of telemedicine and online health apps, more pronounced since the COVID-19 pandemic, the health data of patients utilizing these services has been alarmingly compromised. As a physician who has sworn in the Hippocrates Oath it is imperative for me to understand the developing concerns of health data protection and cybersecurity.”
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