Guy Stuart

Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Taubman-382
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 114
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-0100
Fax: 617-496-6104
Email: Guy_Stuart@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
M. Derya Honca (617-495-1923)
Guy Stuart

Profile

Guy Stuart is a Lecturer in Public Policy. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1994 and then worked for four years in Chicago in the field of community economic development. During this time he served as the Director of the FaithCorp Fund, a nonprofit community loan fund. At the Kennedy School he teaches courses on management and microfinance. His book Discriminating Risk traces the historical origins of today's mortgage loan underwriting criteria in the United States and examines current underwriting practices. He is currently conducting research on racial and economic segregation in the United States and on microfinance in India, Mexico, and Malawi.

Courses

Fall

Fall Mod1

  • PED-328M Microfinance in Theory and Practice

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Stuart, Guy. "Appropriate Fit: Service Delivery Beyond Bureaucracy, Lessons from Microfinance." The State of Access: How Democratic Governance Impedes and Advances Equal Access. Eds. de Jong, Jorritt, and Gowher Rizvi. Brookings Institution Press, 2007.