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Edmund J. Malesky received his Ph.D. in political science from Duke University in June 2004. His research interests focus on comparative politics, political economy, and economic transitions in developing economies, especially in Southeast Asia. His doctoral thesis discusses the politics of economic reform in Vietnam, where he has demonstrated how a coalition of provincial officials and foreign investors induced far-reaching economic reforms by the Vietnamese central government. The dissertation won the Gabriel Almond award of the American Political Science Association, honoring the best thesis in the field of comparative politics. Upon completion of his Ph.D., Malesky was one of three recipients of the prestigious Harvard Academy for International Affairs post-doctoral fellowships in 2004-2005. After joining the faculty of UCSD’s Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific studies in July 2005, Malesky began teaching courses in quantitative methods and policy-making in Southeast Asia. In addition to his academic research, Malesky has served as a consultant for the World Bank, US-AID, and The Asia Foundation in Vietnam. In this capacity, Malesky was the primary author of US-AID’s Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), ranking the Vietnamese provinces by their economic governance and investment environment for private firms. The wide publicity the index received in the Vietnamese press has spurred intense competition among Vietnamese provincial leaders to increase the transparency of their administrations, streamline investment procedures, and improve their attitude toward private entrepreneurs. The 2005 version of the PCI has also been cited in policy speeches by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, U.S. Ambassador Michael Marine, and a dozens of provincial leaders. The 2006 version of the PCI will be released this summer in Hanoi.
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Edmund Malesky