Turning around chronically underperforming schools and districts has long been an elusive goal, despite prioritization at the highest levels of government. Researchers have examined school-level ...
With companies addressing how their employees will return to the office as the pandemic recedes, public transportation is a key part of the policy dialogue. Would free ridership keep autos off the ...
There are many issues at stake in the 2024 presidential election: the economy, immigration, climate change, the crisis in the Middle East. And yet, as a recent panel discussion at the John F. Kennedy ...
Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India, is grappling with a maternal and infant health crisis, one that is exacerbated by the worsening climate emergency. Rising temperatures, frequent power cuts ...
Hall, Peter Dobkin. "A Historical Overview of Philanthropy, Voluntary Associations, and Nonprofit Organizations in the United States, 1600-2000." The Non-Profit Sector: A Research Handbook - Second ...
Targeted transfer programs for poor citizens have become increasingly common in the developing world. Yet, a common concern among policy makers – both in developing as well as developed countries – is ...
Leadership means taking on the responsibility of creating conditions that enable others to achieve a shared purpose in the face of uncertainty. In this chapter, Harvard Kennedy School lecturer and ...
Asim I. Khwaja is Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University, Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance ...
Intranational trade barriers affect firms’ performance in international trade. It remains an empirical challenge to measure these barriers and quantify their impacts. We take advan- tage of a ...
IMAGINE YOU LIVE IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN RURAL KENYA. Your daughter attends university in Nairobi and needs financial support to buy textbooks and pay her rent. How do you send her money if you, like ...
LOTS OF TEACHERS will tell you how to write better. But Professor of Public Policy Todd Rogers is one of the few who use science to help you write for greater impact. His recent executive education ...