- Merz BJ, Chen LC, Geithner PF, eds. Diasporas and Development Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Geithner P, Johnson P, Chen LC, eds. Diaspora Philanthropy and Equitable Development in China and India. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Joint Learning Initiative (Chen LC. co-chair). Human Resources for Health: Overcoming the Crisis. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Chen LC, Fukuda-Parr S, Seidensticker E, eds. Human Insecurity in a Global World. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2003.
- Chen LC, Leaning J, Narasimhan V, eds. Global Health Challenges for Human Security. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2003.
- Leaning J, Briggs SM, Chen LC, eds. Humanitarian Crises: The Medical and Public Health Response. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999.
- Martine G, Das Gupta M, Chen LC, eds. Reproductive Change in India and Brazil. Delhi, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Das Gupta M, Chen LC, Krishnan TN, eds. Women’s Health in India: Risk and Vulnerability. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Matsumae T, Chen LC, eds. In Pursuit of Common Values in Asia: Japan’s ODA Charter Re-Evaluated. Tokyo: Tokai University Press, 1997.
- Dasgupta M, Krishnan TN, Chen LC, eds. Health, Poverty and Development in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Matsumae, Tatsuro, Chen LC, eds. Common Security in Asia: New Concepts of Human Security, Tokyo: Tokai University Press, 1995.
- Chen LC, Kleinman A, Ware N, eds. Health and Social Change: An International Perspective. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994.
- Sen G, Germain A, Chen LC, eds. Population Policies Reconsidered: Health Empowerment, and Rights. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994.
- Chen LC, Sepulveda J, Segal S, eds. AIDS and Women’s Reproductive Health. New York: Plenum Press. 1992.
- Chen LC, Kleinman A, Ware N, eds. Advancing Health in Developing Countries. Boston: Auburn Press, 1991.
- Mosley WH, Chen LC, eds. Child Survival: Strategies for Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
- Chen LC, Scrimshaw NS, eds. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions and Interventions. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1983.
- Hossain M, Khan MAR, Chen LC, eds. Fertility in Bangladesh. Dacca: BRAC Press, 156, June 1979.
- Chen LC ed.. Disaster in Bangladesh: Health Crisis in a Developing Nation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.