DCID

Education:
PhD, Harvard University, 1983
M.P.P., Harvard University, 1976
M.A., Oxford University, 1974
B.Sc., Cape Town, 1971

Curriculum Vitae

Expertise:
International Public Finance
International Taxation
Economic Growth and Development
Fiscal Decentralization
Investment Appraisal

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• Pubpol 388.03, Comparative tax administration Synopsis

  Sanford 03, Th 02:50 PM-05:40 PM

• Pubpol 388.04, Comparative tax policy Synopsis

  Sanford 03, Tu 02:50 PM-05:40 PM

• Pubpol 388.13, Design & anal of pub private Synopsis

  Rubenstein 153, TuTh 01:15 PM-02:30 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. G. Glenday, The New “Old” Approach to the Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital, in Discount Rates for the Evaluation of Public Private Partnerships, edited by David F. Burgess and Glenn P. Jenkins (2010), Kingston: John Deutsch Institute (Chapter four; Paper prepared for conference on “Discount Rates for the Evaluation of Public Private Partnerships” Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada on October 2-3, 2008.) .
2. G. Glenday, Comment on "Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates for Public Sector Investments" by Donald J.S. Brean and David F. Burgess, in Discount Rates for the Evaluation of Public Private Partnerships, edited by David F. Burgess and Glenn P. Jenkins (2010), Kingston: John Deutsch Institute, Queen's University (Chapter seven.) .
3. G. Glenday, The New “Old” Approach to the Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital (October 2008) (Paper prepared for conference on “Discount Rates for the Evaluation of Public Private Partnerships” Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada on October 2-3, 2008.) [PDF].
4. G. Glenday, South African Tax Performance: Some Perspectives and International Comparisons (March, 2008) (Prepared for Tax Symposium 2008, National Treasury of South Africa, Pretoria.) [PDF].
5. G. Glenday with GP Shukla, Public Finance in Open Economies, teaching manual (2008) (revision of 2005 edition.) .

Research Categories: International public finance, taxation and expenditure policy in developing countries

Research Description: Public finance; taxation in developing countries; investment appraisal; economic development

Bio/Profile
Graham Glenday is a Professor of the Practice in Public Policy Studies in the Duke Center for International Development (DCID). He is also Co-Director of the International Taxation Program, PARM, and BUDGET Programs. He came to Duke in July 2001 from Harvard University where he was Director of the Public Finance Group in the Kennedy School of Government and earlier in the Harvard Institute for International Development. He has over 20 years of international professional experience in public finance, acting as an advisor in tax policy and administration reforms and other fiscal matters to some two dozen countries in Africa, Asia and elsewhere including co-ordination of the successful Tax Modernization Program in Kenya. Earlier he served as Assistant Director of Tax Policy Analysis in the Department of Finance in the Government of Canada. Dr. Glenday has also published research and taught graduate courses and executive workshops in taxation and project appraisal matters, including the Program in Investment Appraisal and Management from 1985 onwards. Graham was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and has a Ph.D in Public Policy from Harvard University.