A central challenge in securing property rights is the subversion of justice. We present a model of a polluter whose discharges harm…
Professionals have an ethical obligation to bear witness to climate change. They should report, warn, criticize, and lobby to bring…
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy launched an ambitious initiative in the fall of 2019 to advance the renewal of rights and…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
Joseph P. Kalt is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard…
Rema Hanna is the Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies and Chair of the International Development Area at the Harvard Kennedy…
Outsourcing government service provision to private firms can improve efficiency and reduce rents, but there are risks that non-…
In this paper I sketch key episodes in the two thousand year history of interactions between society and environment that have shaped the…
The outcome of the December 2011 United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, provides an important new opportunity to move…
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The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill highlighted the glaring weaknesses in the current liability and regulatory regime for oil spills and for…