Milan Vaishnav

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Education: Milan holds a B.A. in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. and M.Phil in political science from Columbia University.
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Milan Vaishnav is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Global Development and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University in New York. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) at Georgetown University.

His research agenda covers issues such as illicit election finance, corruption, criminality, distributive politics, and natural resource rents, with a focus on India. One of his ongoing major projects examines the role of money and serious criminality in Indian electoral politics and their impact on democratic accountability. He is also engaged in research on illicit sources of election finance; election finance and its connection to development policy; and the contingent effects of natural resource wealth on democracy and governance. At CGD, he will also be working on the Center's initiative on the U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan as well as new research on illicit financial flows and development.

Vaishnav holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. and M.Phil in Political Science from Columbia. Prior to Columbia, he has worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Center for Global Development.

More information on his background and research can be found at http://vaishnavmilan.wordpress.com.

New Popular Working Papers Books Other CGD Pubs Events Selected Works
  • What the U.S. Can Do in Pakistan Now – Milan Vaishnav and Danny Cutherell - Jan 18, 2012

    U.S. - Pakistan relations, troubled in the best of times, have been unusually rocky of late. A recent cover story in The Atlantic dubbed Pakistan the “Ally from Hell.” CGD’s Study Group on the U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan argues that the strong U.S. interest in a stable,...

  • Quid Pro Quo: Builders, Politicians, and Election Finance in India - Working Paper 276 - Dec 7, 2011

    In developing countries where elections are costly and accountability mechanisms weak, politicians often turn to illicit means of financing campaigns. This paper examines one such channel of illicit campaign finance: India’s real estate sector. Politicians and builders allegedly engage in a quid...

  • Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States - May 23, 2006

    This new collection of essays sets an agenda for increased American effectiveness in dealing with failed states to promote economic development and international security. It includes an overview of the poorly understood challenge of weak and failed states and case studies by regional policy...

  • Quid Pro Quo: Builders, Politicians, and Election Finance in India - Working Paper 276 - Dec 7, 2011

    In developing countries where elections are costly and accountability mechanisms weak, politicians often turn to illicit means of financing campaigns. This paper examines one such channel of illicit campaign finance: India’s real estate sector. Politicians and builders allegedly engage in a quid...

  • Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States - May 23, 2006

    This new collection of essays sets an agenda for increased American effectiveness in dealing with failed states to promote economic development and international security. It includes an overview of the poorly understood challenge of weak and failed states and case studies by regional policy...

  • What the U.S. Can Do in Pakistan Now – Milan Vaishnav and Danny Cutherell - Jan 18, 2012

    U.S. - Pakistan relations, troubled in the best of times, have been unusually rocky of late. A recent cover story in The Atlantic dubbed Pakistan the “Ally from Hell.” CGD’s Study Group on the U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan argues that the strong U.S. interest in a stable,...

  • Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States - May 23, 2006

    This new collection of essays sets an agenda for increased American effectiveness in dealing with failed states to promote economic development and international security. It includes an overview of the poorly understood challenge of weak and failed states and case studies by regional policy...

  • Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States - May 23, 2006

    This new collection of essays sets an agenda for increased American effectiveness in dealing with failed states to promote economic development and international security. It includes an overview of the poorly understood challenge of weak and failed states and case studies by regional policy...

  • Post-Conflict Elections: Harm or Help? - Feb 10, 2012

    Post-Conflict Elections: Harm or Help? A Center for Global Development brownbag seminar Friday, February 10, 2012 12:00pm–1:00pm **Please bring your lunch--beverages provided** Featuring Aila Matanock Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science Stanford University Hosted...

  • Vote Buying, Social Policy, and Civil Society in Brazil - Nov 29, 2011

    The Center for Global Development presents a brownbag on Vote Buying, Social Policy and Civil Society in Brazil Featuring Simeon Nichter Academy Scholar Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University With Discussant Milan Vaishnav Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Center...

Milan is co-editor (with Nancy Birdsall and Robert Ayres) of Short of the Goal: U.S. Policy and Poorly Performing States (CGD, 2006).  His work has been published in the Latin American Research Review and the Journal of International Affairs.

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