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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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Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama
Meghan O'Sullivan
Hand-Off details the Bush administration’s national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then-classified Transition Memoranda prepared by the National Security…
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Democracy in Hard Places
Tarek Masoud
The last fifteen years have witnessed a "democratic recession." Democracies previously thought to be well-established--Hungary, Poland, Brazil, and even the United States--have…
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New Normal, New Technologies, New Financing
Dani Rodrik
While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) seems to be behind us now, the scarring effects on employment, poverty, and education will last forever. Women, youth, and less educated…
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The Case for Case Studies: Methods and Applications in International Development
Michael Woolcock
This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently “loose” methodological moorings; and second, between the scholarly…
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New Mediums, Better Messages?: How Innovations in Translation, Engagement, and Advocacy are Changing International Development
Michael Woolcock
The notion of development influences and is influenced by all aspects of human life. Social science is but one representational option among many for conveying the myriad ways in…
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Realizing the Potential of PPPs to Advance Asia's Infrastructure Development
Akash Deep
This publication shows how public–private partnerships (PPPS) can be effective to meet Asia’s growing infrastructure needs. It shows how governments and their development…
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Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform: Experiences from East Asia
Michael Woolcock
Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor countries alike. Even in the most favorable…
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Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform: Experiences from East Asia
Michael Woolcock
Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor countries alike. Even in the most favorable…