Dr. Eric Mvukiyehe

Biography

Eric Ndahayo Mvukiyehe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Duke University, specializing in academic policy research. His work focuses on critical topics such as reducing poverty and promoting socioeconomic welfare, particularly psychological wellbeing among at-risk youth. He also examines the political economy of conflict, peacebuilding, and development in fragile, war-torn countries. Mvukiyehe is involved in strengthening state capacity in fragile states and reforming civil services to improve governance. He has published widely on the impacts of employment programs on gender and socioeconomic stability, including experimental evidence related to intimate partner violence and economic empowerment for women in Egypt and Tunisia. He is a Principal Investigator on current research funded by the National Institutes of Health that investigates the effects of parents' participation in public work programs on children's health and education in low- and middle-income countries.

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