Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Bebbington, Anthony, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson, eds. The Search For Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Kumarian Press, 2006.
Woolcock, Michael, and Deepa Narayan. "Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy." The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Ed. Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson. Kumarian Press, 2006, 31-62.
Bebbington, Anthony, Scott Guggenheim, and Michael Woolcock. "The Ideas/Practice Nexus in International Development Organizations: Social Capital at the World Bank." The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Ed. Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson. Kumarian Press, 2006, 1-27.
Bebbington, Anthony, Scott Guggenheim, and Michael Woolcock. "Concepts: Their Contexts and Consequences." The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Ed. Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson. Kumarian Press, 2006, 261-287.
Woolcock, Michael. "Empowerment and Local-Level Conflict Mediation in Indonesia." Empowerment in Practice: From Analysis to Implementation. Ed. Ruth Alsop, Mette Bertelsen, and Jeremy Holland. World Bank, 2006, 172-192.
Dudwick, Nora, Kathleen Keuhnast, Veronica Nyhan Jones, and Michael Woolcock. "Analyzing Social Capital in Context: A Guide to Using Qualitative Methods and Data." World Bank Institute Working Paper, 2006.
Woolcock, Michael. Review of Urbanization in India: Sociological Contributions, Ed. Ranvinder Singh Sandhu. Journal of Regional Science, 46.2 May 2006: 405-406.
Chen, Martha, Nidhi Mirani, and Mita Parikh. "Self-Employed Women: A Profile of SEWA's Membership." SEWA: Self-Employed Women's Association (Ahmedabad, India), 2006.
Rodrik, Dani. "The Social Cost of Foreign Exchange Reserves." CEPR Discussion Papers 5483, January 2006.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. Comments on The Euro's Trade Effects, by Richard Baldwin European Central Bank Working Paper Series, ECB Working Paper No. 594 March 2006: 77-91.
Frankel, Jeffrey A., David H. Romer, and Teresa Cyrus. "Trade and Growth in East Asian Countries: Cause and Effect?" Newly Industrializing Countries After Asian Crisis. Ed. Sir Hans Singer, Neelambar Hatti, and Rameshwar Tandon. Delhi, India: BR Publishing Corp., 2006.
Chen, Martha. "Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment." Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies. Ed. Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur, and Elinor Ostrom. Oxford University Press, 2006.
Brown, L. David. "People-Centered Development and Participatory Research." Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings. Ed. Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron and Thomas Tufte. Communication for Social Change Consortium, Inc., 2006, 276-281.
Grindle, Merilee S. Review of Transforming Latin America: The International and Domestic Origins of Change, by Craig Arceneaux and David Pion-Berlin Journal of Latin American Studies, 38.3 August 2006: 664-666.
Levy, Dan. "Evaluación de la Política Social en México: Perspectiva de un Evaluador." Política Social para la Equidad. Ed. IBERGOP-México. Editorial Porrúa, 2006, 175-178.
Perkins, Dwight H., Steven Radelet, and David L. Lindauer. Economics of Development, Sixth Edition. W. W. Norton, 2006.
Perkins, Dwight H. "China’s Economic Growth from an Historical and International Perspective" (in Chinese). Zhongguo qiji huigu yu zhanwang (China Miracle: Retrospective and Prospective). Ed. Yifu Lin. Peking University Press, 2006, 3-30.
Clarida, Richard H., Jeffrey A. Frankel, Francesco Giavazzi, and Kenneth D. West, eds. NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2004. MIT Press, 2006.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "On the Yuan: The Choice Between Adjustment Under a Fixed Exchange Rate and Adjustment under a Flexible Rate," in Understanding the Chinese Economy." CESifo Economic Studies 52.2 (2006): 246-275.
Chinn, Menzie, and Jeffrey A. Frankel. "Will the Euro Eventually Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Reserve Currency?" KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-064 (also NBER WP 11508, August 2005), December 2005.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Jason Hwang, and Dani Rodrik. "What You Export Matters." Centre for Economic Policy Research, Center for International Development, and KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series (CEPR-5444, CID-123, RWP05-063), December 2005.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Federico Sturzenegger. "'Dark Matter' Makes the U.S. Deficit Disappear." Financial Times, December 8, 2005.
Rosengard, Jay K. "Sustainable and Effective Microfinance: Reconciling Commercial Viability and Poverty Alleviation Objectives." Presented at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Microcredit, December 5-6, 2005.
Hirsch, Gary, Jay K. Rosengard, Guy Stuart and Don Johnston, Jr. "SymBanc: A Simulator for Microfinance Institutions." ADB Finance for the Poor 6.4 (December 2005): 8-15.
Woolcock, Michael, and Caroline Sage. "Breaking Legal Inequality Traps: New Approaches to Building Justice Systems for the Poor in Developing Countries." Prepared for Social Development and Policy Conference, December 2005.
Woolcock, Michael, and Robert Sage. "Social Capital and CDD Projects in East Asia: Reviewing the Evidence, Exploring the Implications." Prepared for Social Development and Policy Conference, December 2005.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Contractionary Currency Crashes in Developing Countries." IMF Staff Papers 52.2 (2005): 149-192.
Rodrik, Dani. "Policies for Economic Diversification." CEPAL Review 87 (December 2005): 7-23.
Rodrik, Dani. "Trade Talks: Let the WTO's Doha Round Fail." Bangkok Post, November 23, 2005.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Federico Sturzenegger. "U.S. and Global Imbalances: Can Dark Matter Prevent a Big Bang?" Center for International Development, November 2005.
Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, and Atif Mian. "Do Lenders Favor Politically Connected Firms? Rent Provision in an Emerging Financial Market." Quarterly Journal of Economics 120.4 (November 2005): 1371-1411.
Brown, L. David, and Vanessa Timmer. "Learning for the Future: Transnational Civil Society Actors as Contributors to Social Learning in Transnational Problem Domains." Hauser Center Working Paper #28, November 2005.
Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, and Atif Mian. "Unchecked Intermediaries: Price Manipulation in an Emerging Stock Market." Journal of Financial Economics 78.1 (October 2005): 203-241.
Woolcock, Michael, Johnathan Isham, Lant Pritchett, and Gwen Busby. "The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth." World Bank Economic Review 19.2 (October 2005): 141-174.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Andrés Velasco. "Slow Growth in Latin America: Common Outcomes, Common Causes?" Working Paper, October 2005.
Rodrik, Dani with Arvind Subramanian. "From 'Hindu Growth' to Productivity Surge: The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition." IMF Staff Papers Vol. 52, No. 2, September 2005.
Woolcock, Michael, and Christopher Gibson. "Empowerment and Local Level Conflict Mediation in Indonesia: A Comparative Analysis of Concepts, Measures, and Project Efficacy." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3713, September 2005.
Woolcock, Michael, and Mary McNeil. "A New Framework for Social Development." Development Outreach. September 2005.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "On the Renminbi." CESifo Forum 6.3 (Autumn 2005): 16-21.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Climate and Trade: Links Between the Kyoto Protocol and WTO." Environment 47.7 (September 2005): 8-19.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Dani Rodrik. "Self-Discovery in a Development Strategy for El Salvador." Economía: Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association 6.1 (Fall 2005): 43-101.
Rodrik, Dani. "Real Economic Success Stories Not Explained by 'Trade and Aid.'" Taipei Times, August 8, 2005.
Mayda, Anna Maria, and Dani Rodrik. "Why are Some People (and Countries) More Protectionist than Others?" European Economic Review 49.6 (August 2005): 1393-1430.
Chen, Martha, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Nidhi Mirani, Karl Osner and Carol Richards. "Membership Based Organizations of the Poor: Reflections After an Exposure and Dialogue Program with SEWA in Gujarat, India." Cornell University Department of Applied Economics and Management Working Paper 5-20, August 2005.
Woolcock, Michael, David Lewis and Dennis Rodgers. "The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge." Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, Working Paper 05-61, August 2005.
Birdsall, Nancy, Dani Rodrik, and Arvind Subramanian. "How to Help Poor Countries." Foreign Affairs July/August 2005.
Chirayath, Leila, Caroline Sage, and Michael Woolcock. "Customary Law and Policy Reform: Engaging with the Plurality of Justice Systems." Background Paper, World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development, July 2005.
Hirsch, Gary B., Jay K. Rosengard, Guy Stuart, and Don E. Johnston, Jr. "SymBanc: A Simulator for Microfinance Institutions." Annual Conference of the Systems Dynamic Society Working Paper, July 2005.
Duncan, Greg J., Johanne Boisjoly, Michael Kremer, Dan Levy, and Jacque Eccles. “Peer Effects in Drug Use and Sex Among College Students.” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 33.3 (June 2005): 375-385.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Peg the Export Price Index: A Proposed Monetary Regime for Small Countries." Journal of Policy Modeling 27.4 (June 2005): 495-508.