Overview
David Landry is an assistant professor of international political economy at Duke Kunshan University and a professor of the practice at Duke University. His research focuses on the political and economic determinants of China’s development finance and investment flows in the developing world, and how these in turn affect development. His academic work has been published in Energy Policy, Resources Policy, Global Policy, Oxford Development Studies, and he Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, and he has authored multiple World Bank and North Atlantic Treaty Organization reports. He has also published opinion pieces in Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, the Washington Post, and the Globe and Mail. Landry has a B.A. in international development from McGill University, an M.Sc. in global governance and diplomacy from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where he also taught international trade.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Political Economy at Duke Kunshan University
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2021 - Present
DKU Faculty
Assistant Professor of the Practice of DKU Studies at Duke University
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2023 - Present
DKU Studies
Recent Publications
Does governance matter? Comparing the determinants of Chinese and Western trade with Africa
Journal Article Global Policy · May 2024 AbstractIn recent decades, China has risen to prominence in the global economy with breakneck speed. Many have hypothesised that Chinese economic actors undermine the global drive to promote good governance in developing co ... Full text CiteUnder a money tree? Comparing the determinants of Western and Chinese development finance flows to Africa
Journal Article Oxford Development Studies · April 3, 2021 Full text Open Access CiteThe risks and rewards of resource-for-infrastructure deals: Lessons from the Congo's Sicomines agreement
Journal Article Resources Policy · October 2018 Full text Open Access CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Johns Hopkins University ·
2018
Ph.D.