Harvard CID Brings Student Voices and Policy Innovation to the Global StageAmid growing global challenges and constrained financial…
As part of the preparatory activities for the UN’s International Conference on Financing for Development (Ff4D), to be held in Seville,…
Trying to reduce federal budget deficits by increasing the efficiency of federal operations is an appealing idea. However, greater…
In the United States, massive fiscal expansion during the pandemic protected households and helped to return output and unemployment nearly…
Growing up an only child in China at the end of the 20th century, Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and CID…
Once upon a time in the world of development finance, it was assumed that simply investing in developing economies was enough—that the flow…
We study international capital flows across 200 years. A major novelty is our analysis on official flows (government-to-government lending…
Income inequality is high and persistent in developing countries. In this paper, we ask what role taxation can or might play in reducing…
We study the economic and political consequences of the 2018-2019 trade war between the United States, China and other US trade partners at…
The outlook for federal debt represents a significant economic challenge for the United States. Economic developments and policy changes…