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Internship field report, Heonuk Ha from United Nations ECLAC, Brasilia

Jun 18, 2015

Heonuk Ha, a dual-degree candidate in public policy and applied economics, offers this field report from Brasilia. Ha is working as an economic affairs intern with the United Nations Economic and social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean...

Vote-selling intervention paper by Ravanilla, Yang published in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings

Jun 1, 2015

Doctoral candidate Nico Ravanilla and Professor Dean Yang have a paper on vote-selling in the May 2015 edition of the American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. The paper, “Measuring Vote-Selling: Field Evidence from the Philippines,” shares...

Dean Yang promoted to full professor of public policy and economics, September 2015

May 26, 2015

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved Dean Yang’s promotion to full professor of public policy and economics last week. His appointment is effective September 1.Yang, an applied development economist, has held appointments with the...

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International economic development class visits Rio and Brasilia with former ambassador Mel Levitsky

Apr 24, 2015

By Miriam Wasserman International economic development students with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde (center front, holding U-M flag) For the students of PubPol 674, the Ford School’s international economic development course, a...

Ciorciari awarded Carnegie Fellowship to examine shared-sovereignty agreements

Apr 22, 2015

This morning, in advertisements in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle of Philanthropy, New York Review of Books, and other print and online publications, the Carnegie Corporation of New...

Levitsky quoted in IBT article, shares insight on controversial Ukrainian bill

Apr 13, 2015

Mel Levitsky was quoted in an International Business Times story, “Ukraine’s Controversial Bill Recognizing WWII-Era Partisans Draws Harsh Criticism From Russians,” about a contentious Ukrainian bill passed in parliament last week. The bill, led by...

Ford School students host annual US-Canada conference

Mar 31, 2015

The 6th annual Ford+SPPG Conference took place earlier this month at Joan and Sanford Weill Hall in Ann Arbor. The event brings together MPP candidates from the Ford School and the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance...

Microfinance study: Yang finds people may give more generously when they can choose what their dollars purchase

Mar 17, 2015

At a microfinance bank in Maputo, Mozambique, Dean Yang and colleagues engaged clients in a lab-in-the-field experiment with interesting implications for those who care about increasing the number and level of remittances, the financial...

Dean Yang publishes findings from randomized study of microsavings’ impact on agriculture, poverty

Mar 5, 2015

“Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa employs two-thirds of the labor force and generates about one-third of GDP growth,” writes Dean Yang in the introduction to “Facilitating savings from agriculture: field experimental evidence from Malawi,” a...

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Levitsky quoted in International Business Times article on Ukraine ceasefire agreement

Feb 13, 2015

Mel Levitsky was quoted in an International Business Times story on the recently negotiated cease-fire between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists. While both sides gave concessions to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine, reporter Dennis Lynch...

Dean Yang explores policies to increase the development impacts of migration for World Bank

Feb 12, 2015

“Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration,” co-written by Dean Yang, has been published in the World Bank Research Observer. Posted on January 20, Yang and co-author David McKenzie of the World Bank aim to,...

“Add [IEDP] to the list of nominees for coolest class of the year,” writes Michigan Daily

Jan 30, 2015

On January 29th, the Michigan Daily ran “Experiential learning class plans spring trip to Brazil” by Will Greenberg, describing the Ford School’s International Economic Development Program (IEDP). The course “consists of class work in Ann Arbor...

Axelrod begins State Department fellowship

Sep 2, 2014

Robert Axelrod, the Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, will begin a one-year Jefferson Science Fellowship at the U.S. Department of State this August.Axelrod will assist with Secretary of State John Kerry’s Shared Prosperity...

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Welcome, and welcome back, to the Ford School

Sep 1, 2014

Members of the Ford School community—welcome, and welcome back! Summer tends to send us all around the globe—for family vacations, for research projects, for service engagements, for internships and jobs—but I love this time of year, when we...

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Khmer Rouge Tribunal begins new phase with wider scope

Aug 28, 2014

The Khmer Rouge tribunal's ongoing proceedings against the former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are entering their second and final phase with broader attention to the regime's crimes, reports Sok Khemara in a Voice of America...

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Alum announces new UN strategy for fuel, energy

Jun 30, 2014

On May 13, Steven T. Corliss (MPP/JD '88) formally announced the UN Refugee Agency's Safe Access to Fuel and Energy (SAFE) strategy, a global initiative that will help meet the energy needs of refugees living in camps in Africa, Asia, and the Middle...

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Internship Field Report: Michele Majors @ UNHCR, Geneva

Jun 30, 2014

An email interview with Michele Majors, interning with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland.Review more internship field reports from Ford School students serving organizations around the world. Q. What do you love...

Matt Johnson's American Bureaucrat blog highlights the people and ideas public policy is meant to serve

May 8, 2014

By Thomas O'Mealia (BA '14) As deputy director of the Global Security Contingency Fund, Matt Johnson is doing what many Ford School alumni do—serving the public with innovative policy solutions. The Global Security Contingency Fund is a...

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Hybrid Justice and Armed With Expertise

May 6, 2014

Two new books from Ford School faculty members John D. Ciorciari and Joy Rohde deepen our understanding of international criminal justice systems and the role social scientists have played, for better or for worse, in American national...

Waltz argues Universal Declaration of Human Rights a global, cooperative effort; not just a western idea

Apr 10, 2014

On April 9th, Professor of Public Policy Susan E. Waltz, a scholar and long-time leader in the field of human rights, describes "How Human Rights Went Global" in openSecurity. Waltz says the Universal Declaration of Human Rights isn't a document of...

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Times of India reports on Dean Yang's new study: short financial literacy seminar improves migrant saving decisions

Mar 7, 2014

"More than 200 million workers travel abroad to work as maids, construction labourers and at other low-wage jobs," writes Hemali Chhapia for the Times of India. "The money they send back home is often essential to their families' survival and...

Axelrod and Iliev introduce model to better predict timing of cyber attacks

Jan 14, 2014

Robert Axelrod and postdoctoral research fellow Rumen Iliev have created a mathematical model to better understand internet security risks by analyzing when attackers are most motivated to exploit vulnerabilities in a target computer system. By...

Close to the heart

Aug 19, 2013

The statistics are sobering: nearly half of every 100 children born in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, will be underweight; six will die before their first birthday. More than 80 percent of all children report repeated physical...

Thinking and doing

Aug 10, 2013

Zenia Lewis (MPP '09) is just back from a whirlwind trip to Uganda and Ethiopia, but she doesn't sound the least bit jetlagged. In fact, her manner is lively and engaged—two attributes that must serve her well as a research analyst on the Africa...

Creating change

Jul 3, 2013

"I don't have day-to-day contact with the victims, but the most gratifying thing about the work I do is that it's affecting the lives of trafficking victims around the world," says Jennifer K. Hong (MPP '11). Hong is reports and political affairs...

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Susan M. Collins tapped as president of Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs

Jun 21, 2013

From the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) welcomed its new executive committee to office on June 1, 2013, with Dean Susan M. Collins of the...

John Ciorciari quoted in TIME article about factory conditions in Cambodia, Bangladesh

May 20, 2013

John Ciorciari was interviewed by TIME in an article—"A Tale of Two Factory Disasters: What Cambodia Can Teach Bangladesh"—comparing factory conditions in Cambodia and Bangladesh.In the wake of the deadly April 24, 2013 Dhaka factory collapse, some...

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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Dec 18, 2012

International development interns put ideas to work One block down Hill Street, just west of State, is Ali Baba's, a small Middle Eastern restaurant with habit-forming grape leaves and baklava. Any day of the week, you're sure to find a table, or...

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Starting over

Apr 26, 2012

Japan has known earthquakes—the Great Kanto quake of 1923, the Great Hanshin quake of 1995, the Fukui quake of 1948, and hundreds of others—but Japan had never known an earthquake like the 9.0 Tohoku quake that struck just off the northeast coast...

Article by John D. Ciorciari on South China Sea disputes appears on CNN

Jun 27, 2011

An article by John D. Ciorciari, "Chinese Dilemmas in the South China Sea," appeared on CNN's website on June 23rd. The article focused on China's disputes with countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines over the Spratly Islands in the South...