• Vietnam: Comparative and policy-oriented research on agriculture and rural development, and on labor and urbanization, for Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2011-20.  
•  Agriculture and rural development, 2011-2020 (ongoing, 2009-10).
    Report submitted to DSI:  English  Tiếng Việt
•  Labor and urbanization, 2011-2020 (ongoing, 2009-10).
    Report submitted to DSI:  English  Tiếng Việt
Research commissioned for the Viet Nam Development Strategy Institute and UNDP.

• Global economic crisis and food security in Vietnam (2010)
Country study for "Regional Study on agriculture and food security in Asia in the context of food and financial crisis: Impacts, implications, responses and policy lessons."

• Global economic integration: implications for development in low-income economies (2010)
Sabbatical research at Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, spring 2010.

• Trade opening and the future of African manufacturing industry: which firms will survive, and why? (2009-10).
UW World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) individual faculty research award.

• Vietnam: globalization, poverty and the environment (ongoing, 2005+) Warning! Page not updated in a while.
A set of activities aimed at understanding the linkages between globalization and welfare, both broadly defined, in Vietnam.  Specific questions related to the economic effects of WTO accession and the likely demands on the natural resource base due to pursuit of comparative advantage.