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Welcome

I’m Eddy Malesky, a professor of political economy at Duke University and a noted specialist in economic development, authoritarian institutions and comparative political economy in Vietnam.

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses at Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and Sanford School of Public Policy.

I also serve as the director of the Duke Center for International Development (DCID) and as chair of the executive council for the Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG).

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Recent Work & News

A Field of Her Own: Property Rights and Women’s Agency in Myanmar
Read the JOP article
Making Bribery Profitable Again? Market Effects of Suspending Accountability for Overseas Bribery
Read the IO article
Vietnam 360: The X factor of Viet Nam's double-digit growth
Watch the episode
Exports in Disguise: Trade Re-Routing During the U.S.-China Trade War
Read the HBS paper
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