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The Harvard Center for International Development is home to faculty affiliates from each school at Harvard University, working across sectors in developing nations around the world.

Faculty research is published in a wide range of academic and policy venues and can be found through the feed and filters below. Select faculty research papers are highlighted in our Faculty Research Insights series on our blog, CID Voices.

CID working papers published by Harvard faculty, graduate students, and research fellows prior to 2024 can be found here

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Carmen Reinhart
Vol. 155, Pages 104082
Theory suggests that corporate and sovereign bonds are fundamentally different, also because sovereign debt has no bankruptcy mechanism and is hard to enforce. We show empirically…
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Edward L. Glaeser
Working Paper No. 33608
In the World Bank Enterprise Survey, the share of entrepreneurs who are women first rises and then falls with national income, which reverses the well-known U-shaped relationship…
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Christopher Golden
Vol. 6, Pages 105-116
Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact—and possibly depend on—changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual…
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Bruno S. Sergi
The Global South consists of emerging nations with increasing economic and political strength, drawing attention to their unique leadership challenges and opportunities. Visionary…
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Ricardo Hausmann
Working Paper No. 239
In this report, we study Hermosillo's economic performance and assess critical issues affecting the city’s ability to achieve stronger economic growth. Although Hermosillo is far…
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Mark Esposito
Vol. 10, Issue 3
Governments around the globe are in a high-stakes race to develop cutting-edge AI systems. But how exactly are they using the technology for their own operations, and what might…
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Raffaella Sadun
Vol. 121, Issue 45, Pages e2412205121
A country’s national income broadly depends on the quantity and quality of workers and capital. But how well these factors are managed within and between firms may be a key…
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Fernando M. Reimers
Vol. 153, Issue 4, Pages 206-220
I examine the dynamics of implementing at-scale reforms to provide meaningful educational opportunities to disadvantaged students in Mexico. To effectively reduce social…
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Vincent Pons
Vol. 86, Issue 4
Crises of the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic may plausibly affect deep-seated attitudes of a large fraction ofcitizens. In particular, outcome-oriented theories imply that…
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Christopher Golden
Vol. 5, Pages 811-817
Food systems drive human and environmental change, reflect diverse cultural and ecological contexts, and, in their diversity, can bolster nutrition and planetary health. Ignoring…