
New Partnerships & Projects
Climate Policy Initiative Launched at Duke

Duke Sanford received $1 million in funds from HPS Investment Partners and the Kapnick Foundation to establish the Climate Dialogue & Innovation Initiative: Southeast Asia and the World.
With long coastlines and extensive low-lying areas, Southeast Asia is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather and rising sea levels caused by global warming. By focusing on one of the most vulnerable regions of the world, a primary goal of this initiative will be to identify and showcase promising climate solutions in Southeast Asia – combining innovation and impact, said faculty member and project lead Jonathan Stromseth, who is a foreign policy and development expert and scholar on U.S. Asia policy.
Key activities of the initiative include:
- Research to identify innovative climate approaches and startups in Southeast Asia.
- Data visualization and knowledge-sharing products about climate innovations and related financial flows.
- Innovation awards to climate entrepreneurs, highlighting their work for potential investors.
- A conference in Singapore to showcase research outcomes and promising innovations.
The Duke Center for International Development (DCID) will implement the initiative in collaboration with research institutions in Singapore and around the region. DCID will also coordinate with Duke Kunshan University and Duke in DC to facilitate exchange and dialogue between climate experts under this project.
Green Upgrading with VinUniversity
The Duke Center for International Development (DCID) partnered with VinUniversity in fall 2024 to support its Green Upgrading Initiative, an effort to foster sustainable, low-carbon urban development in Vietnam. As part of this collaboration, DCID is providing technical expertise and leading impact evaluation analyses for pilot projects in three urban areas: Nha Trang, Binh Dinh, and Ho Chi Minh City. These projects aim to identify practical pathways for industrial upgrading that align with environmental sustainability and economic growth.
DCID also co-hosted VinUniversity’s 2024 Open Innovation Conference, a flagship event bringing together global and regional leaders in innovation, policy and development. DCID director Edmund Malesky delivered the opening keynote, highlighting the role of data-driven policy and international collaboration in advancing green development strategies.
Making Migration Policy Decisions Amidst Societal Transformations
PACES Project Enters Final Year: A Look at Key Accomplishments and the Path Ahead

Outlook for the Final Year: Analysis, Synthesis, and Impact
- Publishing a series of comparative papers and policy briefs that synthesize findings from the multi-country fieldwork.
- Hosting a series of events through the Policy Innovation Lab to engage stakeholders from EU institutions and Member States.
- Continuing to disseminate findings through the PACES Working Paper series, academic conferences, and collaborations with partner institutions like the ITCILO Labour Migration Academy.
The project is well-positioned to make a significant impact by providing evidence-based insights and fostering constructive dialogue in these turbulent times.
EGAP 2026

DCID will host the annual Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) meeting at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy in May 2026. The two-day event will bring together researchers and practitioners to share and discuss cutting-edge research designs and papers, as well as forge researcher-practitioner partnerships to address pressing development questions.
EGAP is a global research, evaluation and learning network that promotes rigorous knowledge accumulation, innovation, and evidence-based policy in various governance and accountability domains.
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Lobell, S. E., James, P., Silverstone, S. A., Asal, V., Beardsley, K., Gonzalez, E., & Ripsman, N. M. (2025). Understanding Near Crises and Escalation in World Politics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003611271
Chen, C., Beardsley, K., & Weidmann, N. B. (2025). The grass is always greener on the other side: Transnational ethnic inequality and ethno-nationalist conflict. Journal of Peace Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433251317102
Beardsley, K. (2024). The Coevolution of Networks of Interstate Support, Interstate Threat, and Civil War. Journal of Politics, 86(4), 1418–1430. https://doi.org/10.1086/729940
Ewing, J., & Newman, T. (2025). The Energy Transition Accelerator as a Vehicle for Low-Carbon Development Capital: Opportunities, Challenges, and Uncertainties. The Energy Transition Accelerator as a Vehicle for Low-Carbon Development Capital: Opportunities, Challenges, and Uncertainties. Durham, NC: Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability.
Ross, M., Ewing, J., Murray, B., Profeta, T., Stout, R., & Yoo, M. (2024). Planning for Growing Electricity Demand During an Era of Uncertain Renewables and Climate Policy. Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability.
Zembilci, E., & Ewing, J. (2024). Energy Transitions at a Crossroads: Balancing Growth, Decarbonization, and Development. Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability.
Agüero, J. M., Field, E., Hurtado, I. R., & Romero, J. (2024). COVID-19, Job Loss, and Intimate Partner Violence in Peru. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 73(1), 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1086/727536
Agte, P., Bernhardt, A., Field, E., Pande, R., & Rigol, N. (2024). Investing in the Next Generation: The Long-Run Impacts of a Liquidity Shock. American Economic Review, 114(9), 2792–2824. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20220296
Maffioli, E. M., Zaw, N. T., & Field, E. (2024). A comparison between different models of delivering maternal cash transfers in Myanmar. Health Policy and Planning, 39(7), 674–682. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae048
Gereffi, Gary, Pavida Pananond, Fredrik Tell, and Fang, Tony, eds. “Industrial Policy and Global Value Chains in an Era of Disruptions.” Journal of International Business Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, September 4, 2025.
Benka-Coker, M., M. L. Clark, M. Jeuland, W. Tadele, F. Rick, R. Ruhinduka, H. Miller, H. Stokes, and A. Quinn. “An implementation science analysis of an ethanol cooking fuel promotion project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Accepted).” Energy for Sustainable Development 89 (December 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2025.101869.
Phillips, Jonathan, Abdoulaye Cissé, Marc Jeuland, Megan Elizabeth Lang, Jean Nahrae Lee, Ryan McCord, Robyn Meeks, et al. “Incentivizing Grid Reliability: A Framework for Performance-Linked Electricity Improvements in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Incentivizing Grid Reliability: A Framework for Performance-Linked Electricity Improvements in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Durham, NC: Nicholas Institute; James E. Rogers Energy Access Project, October 6, 2025.
Das, I., Galeos, S. K. D., Xue, Y., Zong, J., Lewis, J. J., Fujita-Conrads, R., … Jeuland, M. (2025). The Costs and Benefits of Clean Cooking Policies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Under Real-World Conditions. Sustainable Development, 33(4), 6108–6123. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3463
Qu, W., Ruhinduka, R., Clark, M. L., Benka-Coker, M., Quinn, A., Stokes, H., … Jeuland, M. (2025). The use and impacts of an ethanol cooking fuel promotion pilot in Dar es Salaam. Energy for Sustainable Development, 86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2025.101692
Meles, T. H., Mekonnen, A., Jeuland, M., Beyene, A. D., Klug, T., Hassen, S., … Pattanayak, S. K. (2025). Does the payment vehicle matter for valuing improved electricity reliability? A discrete choice experiment in Ethiopia. Utilities Policy, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2025.101893
Krishnapriya, P. P., Jeuland, M., Orgill-Meyer, J., & Pattanayak, S. K. (2024). Gendered demand for environmental health technologies: Evidence of complementarities from stove auctions in India. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2024.102295
Bensch, G., Jeuland, M., Lenz, L., & Ndiaye, O. (2024). A bridge to clean cooking? The cost-effectiveness of energy-efficient biomass stoves in rural Senegal. Energy Economics, 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107974
Bekele, R. D., Mekonnen, D., Ringler, C., & Jeuland, M. (2024). Irrigation technologies and management and their environmental consequences: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management, 302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109003
Krishna, A., Kambewa, D., Tchuwa, F., Kasonga, F., & Higdon, P. (2025). What do communities feel about community-driven development? Learning from investigations in rural Malawi. World Development Perspectives, 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100692
Philipsen, D., & Krishna, A. (2025). Poverty is not Permanent. (S. Haselby, Ed.), Aeon. Aeon.
Krishna, A., & Kumar, S. (2024). Social Mobility and Opportunity in India: A Review of the Academic Literature. Economic and Political Weekly, 59(51), 42–57.
Bowles, J., K. Croke, H. Larreguy, S. Liu, and J. Marshall. “Sustaining Exposure to Fact-Checks: Misinformation Discernment, Media Consumption, and Its Political Implications.” American Political Science Review 119, no. 4 (November 1, 2025): 1864–87. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055424001394.
Liu, S. X. (2025). From Politicization to Vigilance: The Post-war Legacies of Wartime Victimization. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 69(5), 868–897. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027241268533
Bowles, J., Croke, K., Larreguy, H., Liu, S., & Marshall, J. (2025). Sustaining Exposure to Fact-Checks: Misinformation Discernment, Media Consumption, and Its Political Implications. American Political Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055424001394
Liu, S. (2024). Coercive Legacies: From Rebel Governance to Authoritarian Control. Journal of Politics, 86(4), 1129–1145. https://doi.org/10.1086/729947
Shartle, K., J. E. Lansford, M. Vera-Hernández, A. Mukherji, M. Mohanan, and J. Maselko. “Beyond the individual: Household activity of daily living limitations, urban-rural residence, and mental health (Accepted).” Ssm Mental Health 8 (December 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100547.
Wagner, Zachary, Manoj Mohanan, Arnab Mukherji, Rushil Zutshi, Sumeet Patil, Jagadish Krishnappa, Somalee Banerjee, and Neeraj Sood. “Investigating the know-do gap in antibiotics prescribing: Experimental evidence from India.” Science Advances 11, no. 37 (September 2025): eady9868. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady9868.
Balsari, S., & Mohanan, M. (2024). Local government actions can curb air pollution in India and Pakistan. Nature, 634(8036), 1055–1056. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03314-4
Maselko, J., Shartle, K., Lansford, J. E., Collins, A., Mukherji, A., Vera-Hernández, M., & Mohanan, M. (2024). The changing association between pandemic-related stressors and child and adolescent mental health during the waning phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 25843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77411-9
Blair, R. A., and E. Mvukiyehe. “Public Works and Intimate Partner Violence: Experimental Evidence on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt and Tunisia.” British Journal of Political Science 55 (November 6, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425100902.
Brandily, P., Mvukiyehe, E., Smets, L., Van Der Windt, P., & Verpoorten, M. (2025). From Workfare to Economic and Sociopolitical Stability? Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Eastern Congo. World Bank Economic Review, 39(3), 711–730. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhae043
Mvukiyehe, E. (2025). Trustworthy Media and Gender Gaps in Political Participation after Civil War: Experimental Evidence from Rural Liberia. British Journal of Political Science, 55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424001066
Quattrochi, J. P., Croke, K., Dohou, C., Ghib, L. S., Lokaya, Y., Coville, A., & Mvukiyehe, E. (2025). Effects of a community-driven water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention on diarrhea, child growth, and local institutions: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS Medicine, 22(3), e1004524. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004524
Leight, J., & Mvukiyehe, E. (2025). Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Cash for Work: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Tunisia. Journal of Development Studies, 61(6), 989–1014. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2025.2451875
Bagga, A., Holmlund, M., Khan, N., Mani, S., Mvukiyehe, E., & Premand, P. (2024). Do Public Works Programs Have Sustained Impacts? A Review of Experimental Studies from LMICs. The World Bank Research Observer. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkae011
Meles, T. H., Mekonnen, A., Jeuland, M., Beyene, A. D., Klug, T., Hassen, S., … Pattanayak, S. K. (2025). Does the payment vehicle matter for valuing improved electricity reliability? A discrete choice experiment in Ethiopia. Utilities Policy, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2025.101893
Krishnapriya, P. P., Jeuland, M., Orgill-Meyer, J., & Pattanayak, S. K. (2024). Gendered demand for environmental health technologies: Evidence of complementarities from stove auctions in India. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2024.102295
Carr-Wilson, S., Pattanayak, S. K., & Weinthal, E. (2024). Critical mineral mining in the energy transition: A systematic review of environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities. Energy Research and Social Science, 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103672
Schaub, S., A. Pfaff, and P. Bonev. “Biodiversity and the design of result-based payments: Evidence from Germany.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 134 (November 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103247.
Velez, M. A., Rueda, X., Henao, J. P., Monroy, D., Tobin, D., Maldonado, J., & Pfaff, A. (2025). Small-scale gold miners’ preferences on formalization: First steps toward sustainable supply chains in Colombia. World Development, 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106899
Balmford, A., Ball, T. S., Balmford, B., Bateman, I. J., Buchanan, G., Cerullo, G., … Williams, D. R. (2025). Time to fix the biodiversity leak. Science (New York, N.Y.), 387(6735), 720–722. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv8264
Rico-Straffon, J., Wang, Z., Loucks, C. J., & Pfaff, A. (2025). When do extraction rights help forests? Robustness and heterogeneity for linked interventions in the Peruvian Amazon. Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70081
Schewel, K. (2025). Moved by Modernity: How Development Shapes Migration in Rural Ethiopia. Oxford University Press.
Ingrid Boas et al (2025, September). Climate-induced redistribution of people is not migration as we know it. Environmental Research Letters, 20(10), 101001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adfdfd
LaFave, D., Peet, E., & Thomas, D. (2025). Farm profits, prices and household behavior. Journal of Development Economics, 174, 103423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103423
Zhang, Y. S., Frankenberg, E., & Thomas, D. (2025). Education and Adult Cognition in a Low-Income Setting: Differences among Adult Siblings. Journal of Human Capital. https://doi.org/10.1086/734385
Mao, W., Hodges, E. U., Zimmerman, A., Ortiz, E. J., Kilburn, K., Silimperi, D., & Udayakumar, K. (2025). Development, launch, and scale-up of health products in low-income and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis on 59 health products. The Lancet. Global Health, 13(6), e1132–e1139. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00062-2
Goldmann, D., Rajan, S., & Udayakumar, K. (2024). Preventing and Controlling Global Antimicrobial Resistance - Implementing a Whole-System Approach. The New England Journal of Medicine, 391(8), 681–685. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp2401360
Gao, X., Reich, P. B., Vincent, J. R., Fagan, M. E., Chazdon, R. L., Fritz, S., … Wang, D. (2025). The importance of distinguishing between natural and managed tree cover gains in the moist tropics. Nature Communications, 16(1), 6092. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59196-1
Carr-Wilson, S., Pattanayak, S. K., & Weinthal, E. (2024). Critical mineral mining in the energy transition: A systematic review of environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities. Energy Research and Social Science, 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103672
Lange, M. C., R. Li, J. W. Apolzan, P. R. Huber, E. Steliotes, K. Robertson, N. L. W. Wilson, et al. “Ontologies relevant for improving data interoperability for food loss and waste: A review and research agenda (Accepted).” Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 19 (December 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100330.
Wood, A., J. Daly, J. Folger, R. Xie, and N. L. W. Wilson. “Cultivating an ethos of “everyday convergence”: insights from the Multiscale RECIPES Network for food waste reduction (Accepted).” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 12, no. 1 (December 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05905-6.
Fretes, G., Wilson, N. L. W., Corvalan, C., Economos, C. D., & Cash, S. B. (2025). Front-of-pack labels and young consumers: An experimental investigation of nutrition and sustainability claims in Chile. Food Quality and Preference, 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105432
Muhammad, A., E. López Barrera, and N. L. W. Wilson. “Global Food Demand: Overcoming Challenges to Healthy and Sustainable Diets.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 17, no. 1 (October 6, 2025): 41–64. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-112923-040421.
Ashton, W. S., Sungu, A., Davis, L., Agarwalla, V., Burke, M., Benavides, E. D., … Wilson, N. L. W. (2024). Whither convergence? Co-designing convergent research and wrestling with its emergent tensions. Ecology and Society, 29(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15319-290426
Chen, R., Adu, D. T., Li, W., & Wilson, N. L. W. (2024). Virtual water trade: Does bilateral tariff matter? Ecological Economics, 222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108216
Ogbuoji, Osondu, Ipchita Bharali, Justice Nonvignon, and Gavin Yamey. “How can middle-income countries successfully transition away from international health aid?” PLoS Medicine 22, no. 11 (November 2025): e1004794. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004794.
Fawole, A., Boyer, B., Shahid, M., Bharali, I., McAdams, D., & Yamey, G. (2025). What are the key features of an equitable global vaccine strategy for the next pandemic? A qualitative study of pandemic control experts. Vaccine, 61, 127377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127377
Norheim, O. F., Chang, A. Y., Bolongaita, S., Barraza-Lloréns, M., Fawole, A., Gebremedhin, L. T., … Peto, R. (2024). Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages: cross-country analyses of past trends and future directions. Lancet (London, England), 404(10470), 2437–2446. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02417-6
Jamison, D. T., Summers, L. H., Chang, A. Y., Karlsson, O., Mao, W., Norheim, O. F., … Yamey, G. (2024). Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century. Lancet (London, England), 404(10462), 1561–1614. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01439-9
Yamey, G., & Machingaidze, S. (2024). Lenacapavir: a giant step forward in HIV prevention-but a missed opportunity for achieving equity and access. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 387, q2254. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2254