“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…
“Born into a ‘formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,’ Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear ‘…
We test for financial constraints as a market failure in education in a low-income country by experimentally allocating unconditional cash…
Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
Child stunting in India exceeds that in poorer regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Data on over 168,000 children show that, relative to Africa…
This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban…
Rema Hanna is the Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies and Chair of the International Development Area at the Harvard Kennedy…