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Duong Trung Le
Curriculum Vitae
Updated June 2022
The World Bank Email: dle6@worldbank.org
East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist Office Website: www.duongtrungle.com
1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA Phone: +1 607-821-8649
EMPLOYMENT
2021 - present Economist World Bank
2020 - 2021 Junior Research Economist World Bank
AFFILIATIONS
2021 - Research Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
EDUCATION
2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Associate Duke University
2014 - 2019 Ph.D., Economics SUNY-Binghamton University
2013 - 2014 MBA, Management Information System SUNY-Binghamton University
2009 - 2012 B.S., Financial Engineering SUNY-Binghamton University
RESEARCH FIELDS
Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Public Policy
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
“Labor Market Impacts and Responses: The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster” (with
Trung Hoang, Ha Nguyen, and Nguyen Vuong), Journal of Development Economics, vol. 147, 102538, 2020.
“The impact of local corruption on business tax registration and compliance: Evidence from Vietnam.” (with
Edmund Malesky and Anh Pham), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 117, pp. 762-786,
2020.
“Lives versus Livelihoods during the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Testing Softens the Trade-off.” (with Ergys
Islamaj and Aaditya Mattoo), COVID Economics: Vetted and Real-Time Papers, Centre for Economic Policy
Research, Issue 80, 45-77, 2021.
“The long-term health impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War” (with Thanh Pham and Solomon
Polachek), World Development, vol. 155, 105813, 2022.
“Participation, not penalties: community involvement and equitable governance contribute to more effective multi-
use protected areas” (with R.Y. Fidler, G.N. Admadia, Amkieltiela, Awaludinnoer, C. Cox, Estradivari, L. Glew,
C. Handayani, S.L. Mahajan, M.B. Mascia, F. Pakiding, D.A. Andradi-Brown, S.J. Campbell, K. Claborn, M. De
Nardo, H.E. Fox, D. Gill, N.I. Hidayat, R. Jakub, Purwanto, A. Valdivia, and A.R. Harborne), Science Advances,
vol 8, issue 18, 2022.
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WORKING PAPERS
“Rural Infrastructure Development and Economic Activity” (with Ritam Chaurey). Revision requested at Journal
of Public Economics.
“Environmental Conservation and Social Inequality: Distributional Impacts of Marine Protected Areas in the
Indonesia Seascapes” (with David Gill et al.).
“Government Centralization and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Dissolution of District Councils in
Vietnam”.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Informal sector during the onset of COVID-19: The survival of household businesses in Vietnam” (with Ergys
Islamaj and Thanh Pham).
“Air pollution and child wellbeing: Do policy interventions matter?” (with Francesca de Nicola and Xin Zhang).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND POLICY WRITING
“World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2022: Braving the Storms.” World Bank, Washington,
DC. © World Bank. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/36295/9781464817991.pdf
“The long-term health impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War” (with Thanh Pham and Solomon
Polachek). IZA Discussion Papers No. 14782. October 2021.
“Managing Long COVID in East Asia and the Pacific.” (with Aneesa Arur, Ergys Islamaj, Young Eun Kim,
Aaditya Mattoo, and Aparnaa Somanathan). October 2021. World Bank Research and Policy Brief; No. 51. World
Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank.
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/179981633527816046/Managing-Long-COVID-in-East-Asia-and-the-
Pacific
“World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, October 2021: Long COVID.” World Bank, Washington,
DC. © World Bank. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36295
Islamaj, Ergys; Le, Duong Trung; Mattoo, Aaditya. 2021. “Lives versus Livelihoods during the COVID-19
Pandemic: How Testing Softens the Trade-off.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9696. World
Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank.
“World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2021: Uneven Recovery.” World Bank, Washington,
DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35272 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
“The Spread of COVID-19 and Policy Responses.” (with Ergys Islamaj and Young Eun Kim). January 2021.
World Bank Research and Policy Brief; No. 40. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. License: CC BY
3.0 IGO. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35010
“World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, October 2020: From Containment to Recovery.” World
Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34497 License: CC
BY 3.0 IGO.
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“Rural Infrastructure Development and Economic Activity” (with Ritam Chaurey). IZA Discussion Papers No.
11749. December 2018. Media Coverage: Ideas for India.
“Labor Market Impacts and Responses: The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster” (with
Trung Hoang, Ha Nguyen, and Nguyen Vuong). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8827. April 2019.
HONORS AND GRANTS
World Bank EAP Chief Economist Office’s Research Grant ($5,000), 2020-2021
Binghamton University’s Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research, 2018-2019
Best Research Paper Award, 11
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Vietnam Economists Annual Meeting, June 2018
Dissertation Year Fellowship, Economics Department, Binghamton University, Spring 2019
Graduate Student Assistantship, SUNY Binghamton Department of Economics, 2014-2019
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Academic Instructor SUNY-Binghamton University
Labor Economics and Industrial Relations (x3)
Academic Teaching Assistant SUNY-Binghamton University
Introduction to Microeconomics, Microeconomics Theory, U.S. Financial Markets & Institutions,
Introduction to Financial Economics, Public Expenditures, Collective Decisions, Corporate Economics,
Economics of Corporate Strategies
INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2021 East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist Office – Washington D.C.
2020 East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist Office – Washington D.C.
Duke University Marine Lab – Beaufort, NC
Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) – UC Berkeley
2019 American University – Washington D.C.
Midwest International Economic Development Conference (Uni. Wisconsin-Madison)
2018 Cornell University - Graduate Student Seminar
North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC Cornell) – Ithaca, NY
Missouri Valley Economic Association – Memphis, TN
Vietnam Economists Annual Meeting – Ha Noi, Vietnam
Eastern Economics Association Annual Meeting – Boston, MA
2017 Young Economist Symposium (Yale University) – New Haven, CT
Northeastern Association of Business, Economics & Technology – State College, PA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
February 2020 – June 2020 Consultant - World Bank Washington DC
February 2014 – June 2014 Equity Research Analyst - National Securities Corp. New York, NY
May 2012 – August 2012 Investments Analyst - UBS Financial Services Inc. New York, NY
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PERSONAL
Programming Skills: R, Stata, ArcGIS, Python, Visual Basic
Citizenship: Vietnamese
Languages: English, Vietnamese