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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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Fifty Years of Floating Currencies
Jeffrey Frankel
The half-century since the official demise of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates has shown the benefits of what replaced it. While some may feel nostalgic for the…
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Going Beyond Accountability to Deter Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Dara Kay Cohen
Prosecutions are important, but not as the main policy lever for deterrence.
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What works in workforce development and how can it work better?
For the past two years, a bipartisan group of researchers and analysts convened by the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Harvard Kennedy School’s…
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The Crusade to Ban ESG Makes No Sense
Jeffrey Frankel
Efforts to prohibit financial institutions from considering environmental, social, and governance criteria reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of free-market capitalism on the…
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Biden Should let the Game of Debt Ceiling Chicken Play Out
Jeffrey Frankel
As Washington gears up for yet another political showdown over raising the federal debt limit, congressional Republicans are clearly hellbent on letting the US government default…
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Predictions that global economy is heading
for a recession are premature
Jeffrey Frankel
Despite many forecasts, a worldwide downturn in 2023 is not inevitable – and it can be avoided
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Let the WTO Referee Carbon Border Taxes
Jeffrey Frankel
Efforts to reduce global greenhouse-gas emissions must overcome the free-rider problem, and carbon border adjustment measures are the most effective way to level the playing field…
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Why Commodity Prices Are Likely to Fall Further
Jeffrey Frankel
Real interest rates appear to be on a firm upward trend, because nominal interest rates will rise and inflation will fall. Together with decelerating global growth, that could…
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The reversal of reproductive rights in America is contrary to global trends. Why? Compared with similar Western democracies, Republican voters are exceptionally socially conservative, religious and au
Pippa Norris
Last week’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, ending the right to an abortion in the US, allowed many Red states to adopt some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world.…
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Does International Trade Weaken or Strengthen Countries’ Resilience?
Jeffrey Frankel
Four significant problems currently afflicting leading economies serve as examples of how trade barriers erected by governments have reduced resilience. In each case,…