Fatema Z. Sumar is the Executive Director of the Harvard Center for International Development (CID) and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public…
South Africa’s labor market exhibits a unique equilibrium with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and yet a low level of…
BMJ Global Health, December 2021:
Author: Margaret E Kruk, et al.
Introduction Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) aim to increase access…
The issue of debt sustainability has been the focus of continued theoretical and practical interest over the years. In emerging markets,…
This paper studies the role of technology in local-government tax collection capacity in the developing world. We first conduct a new…
The Economic Complexity of Namibia: A Roadmap for Productive Diversification
CID Faculty Working Paper No. 410
Ricardo Hausmann, Miguel…
BOOK DESCRIPTIONWhat are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy? Under what conditions…
Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work
CID Faculty Working Paper No. 406
Matt Andrews
February 2022
Abstract:…
Can Africa Compete in World Soccer?
CID Faculty Working Paper No. 403
Matt Andrews
January 2022
Abstract:
In March 2021,…
Macroeconomic risks after a decade of microeconomic turbulence: South Africa 2007-2020
CID Faculty Working Paper No. 404
Ricardo Hausmann…