Charles Bailey
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration

Charles Bailey has worked as a grant maker for the Ford Foundation in Asia and Africa for 32 years, including assignments in New Delhi, Cairo and Khartoum, in Dhaka as Representative for Bangladesh and in Nairobi as Representative for Eastern and Southern Africa. He was the Foundation's Representative for Vietnam and Thailand from 1997 to 2007.

Charles works to solve the lingering problems related to dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange herbicides used during the Vietnam War. Dioxin is persistent and highly toxic. It can shorten the life of humans exposed to it, and it can degrade the health of future generations. It remains a problem for thousands of American veterans and millions of Vietnamese. The Ford Foundation serves as a neutral party working with both sides-the government of Vietnam and the Government of the US-together with a bi-national citizens' committee, the US - Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/ Dioxin. Grants fund confidence building measures, demonstration projects on healthcare and dioxin clean-up in Vietnam and public education and action in the US.

Charles graduated from Swarthmore College and joined the Peace Corps in Nepal where he taught high school. He has a PhD in agricultural economics from Cornell University and a masters degree in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.

 











Areas of Expertise

  • Economics
  • Environment
  • Health Policy
  • Open Government
  • Public & Nonprofit Orgs.

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