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When India’s Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) was founded in 1972, they understood that the informal sector was not going to go…
Once upon a time in the world of development finance, it was assumed that simply investing in developing economies was enough—that the flow…
The new CID Voices podcast from the Harvard Center for International Development is bringing together a constellation of leaders who are…
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Chetan Aggarwal MPA 2024 wants to make a difference in India, his home country, and improve digital literacy at the grassroots level.—A…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
Fatema Z. Sumar is the Executive Director of the Harvard Center for International Development (CID) and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public…
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March 27, 2020
In an article for VoxDev, CID Faculty Affiliate Emily Breza, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and…
“Anita lives in Karachi’s biggest slum. Her mother is a maalish wali, paid to massage the tired bones of rich women. But Anita’s life will…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
“Katihar to Kennedy is an extraordinary journey of a man from dusty alleys of Katihar to the gleaming pathways of Kennedy. It is an…