Policy Reports & Economic Governance Indices
Multi-Country | Vietnam | Myanmar | Thailand | Cambodia
Multi-Country
Malesky, Edmund J. and Phan Tuan-Ngoc. 2023. Do Better Manages Engage in Less Corruption: Final Report. West Lafayette, IN: Long-term Assistance and Services for Research -Partners for University-Led Solutions Engine (USAID-LASER PULSE). Policy Brief | Learning Brief
Malesky, Edmund. J. How Should USAID Foster Anti-Corruption Where Political Will is Weak? Anti-Corruption Learning Agenda: Final Report. USAID DRG Learning, Evaluation, and Research II (DRG LER) Activity. Policy Brief
Ray, David, Linda Nemec, and Edmund Malesky. 2006. “Paths to Regulatory Reform: Moldova, Ukraine, and Vietnam.” Developing Alternatives 11.1: 32-45.
Vietnam
PCI Report
Malesky, Edmund, Pham Ngoc Thach, Phan Tuan Ngoc, 2025. The Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index and Provincial Green Index Report: Promoting a Business-Enabling and Environmentally Friendly Investment Climate, 2024 Final Report, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Hanoi, Vietnam.
Malesky, Edmund, Pham Ngoc Thach, Phan Tuan Ngoc, 2024. The Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index and Provincial Green Index Report: Promoting a Business-Enabling and Environmentally Friendly Investment Climate, 2023 Final Report, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and United States Agency for International Development: Hanoi, Vietnam.
Malesky, Edmund, Pham Ngoc Thach, Truong Duc Trong, Phan Tuan Ngoc, Quynh Nguyen, 2023. The Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development, 2022 Final Report, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and United States Agency for International Development: Hanoi, Vietnam.
Malesky, Edmund, Pham Ngoc Thach, and Truong Duc Trong, 2022. The Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development, 2021 Final Report, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and United States Agency for International Development: Hanoi, Vietnam.
PAPI Report
CECODES, RTA and UNDP (2025). The 2024 Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI 2024): Measuring Citizens’ Experiences. A Joint Policy Research Paper by the Centre for Community Support and Development Studies (CECODES), Real-Time Analytics (RTA), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
CECODES, RTA & UNDP (2024). The Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI): Measuring Citizens’ Experiences, 2023. A Joint Policy Research Paper by Centre for Community Support and Development Studies (CECODES), Real-Time Analytics (RTA), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
CECODES, VFF-CRT, RTA & UNDP (2023). The 2022 Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI 2022): Measuring Citizens’ Experiences. A Joint Policy Research Paper by Centre for Community Support and Development Studies (CECODES), Centre for Research and Training of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF-CRT), Real-Time Analytics (RTA), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
CECODES, VFF-CRT, RTA & UNDP (2022). The 2021 Viet Nam Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI 2021): Measuring Citizens’ Experiences. A Joint Policy Research Paper by Centre for Community Support and Development Studies (CECODES), Centre for Research and Training of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF-CRT), Real-Time Analytics (RTA), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
Other
Weeke, Helle, Steve Parker, and Edmund Malesky. 2009. “The Dynamics of Vietnam’s Business Environment: Complying with Obligations Abroad and Competing at Home.” Developing Alternatives 12.1: 1-8.
Malesky, Edmund and Helle Weeke. 2007. “Implications of the Provincial Competitiveness Survey for National Policy.” Vietnam Business Forum (Hanoi: May).
Malesky, Edmund and Dau Anh Tuan. 2006. “Điều quan trọng hơn cả thứ hạng [Important Issues in the Ranking].” Thời báo Kinh tế Sài Gòn [Saigon Economic Times] 23 (807, June 1).
Malesky, Edmund. 2005. “Provincial Economic Governance, Vol. 1, Key Determinants.” (with Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry). Hanoi, Vietnam: The Asia Foundation.
Malesky, Edmund and Dau Anh Tuan. 2006. “Provincial Economic Governance, Vol. 2. Best Practices.” (with Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry). Hanoi, Vietnam: The Asia Foundation.
Malesky, Edmund. 2004. “Entrepreneurs on the Periphery: A Study of Private Sector Development in Vietnam’s Periphery Provinces.” Mekong Private Sector Development Facility (MPDF). International Finance Corporation Private Sector Discussion Papers 18 (November).
Malesky, Edmund. 2002. “Study of Foreign Direct Investment Environment in Ha Tinh Province, North-Central Vietnam.” Prepared for Vietnamese-German Provincial Development Planning Project-Ha Tinh. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Gmbh, (Eshborn)
Myanmar
2024. Myanmar Business Environment Index. 2023. Business Perceptions in Post-Coup Myanmar. The Asia Foundation and Duke Center for International Development.
Malesky, E.J., D. Dulay, V. Peltovuori. 2020. The Myanmar Business Environment Index: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development. The DaNa Facility and The Asia Foundation: Yangon, Myanmar.
Malesky, Edmund, Dean Dulay, and Jon Keesecker. 2019. The Myanmar Business Environment Index: Measuring Economic Governance for Private Sector Development. The DaNa Facility and The Asia Foundation: Yangon, Myanmar.
Thailand
Malesky, Edmund. J., Allen Hicken, Songkhun Nillasitanukroh, and Markus Taussig. 2023. Digital consultation of firms and perception of government’s regulatory legitimacy: Piloting an experiment in regulation design in Thailand. International Growth Centre, UK. Policy Brief
Malesky, Edmund and Krislert Samphantharak. 2011. “Understanding Thailand’s Ongoing Political Crisis: Wider Implications for Southeast Asia and the West.” German Marshall Fund of the United States: Washington DC.
Cambodia
Malesky, Edmund. “The Provincial Business Environment Scorecard in Cambodia: A Measure of Economic Governance and Regulatory Policy.” Prepared for AusAid, The Asia Foundation and the International Finance Corporation. Phnom Penh: Cambodia.
