Jay K. Rosengard

Lecturer in Public Policy
Director, Financial Sector Program
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Office Address
124 Mt. Auburn - Suite 200N-220
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 74
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-8751
Fax: 617-384-9451
Email: jay_rosengard@harvard.edu
Assistant
Alison Barron (617-495-9455)
Jay Rosengard

Profile

Jay Rosengard, Lecturer in Public Policy, has 30 years of international experience designing, implementing, and evaluating development policies in: public finance and fiscal strategy, tax reform, municipal finance and management, intergovernmental fiscal relations, banking and financial institutions development, microfinance, management information systems, monitoring and evaluation, human resource development, and public administration. He has worked for a wide variety of multilateral and bilateral donors, as well as directly for host governments and private sector clients. Rosengard is Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government's Financial Sector Program, which focuses on the development of bank and nonbank financial institutions and alternative financing instruments. This includes microfinance (small-scale lending and local savings mobilization), mainstream commercial banking (general and special-purpose banks), and wholesale financial intermediation (municipal development funds, venture capital funds, pooled financing, secondary mortgage facilities, and securitization). In addition, Rosengard is a Faculty Affiliate of both the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Center for International Development. He also serves as Faculty Chair of three executive programs: FIPED (Financial Institutions for Private Enterprise Development), which focuses on sustainable and effective microfinance and SME (small and medium enterprise) finance; COMTAX (Comparative Tax Policy and Administration), which addresses key strategic and tactical issues in tax design and implementation; and VELP (Vietnam Executive Leadership Program), which is an innovative policy dialogue with senior Vietnamese leadership.

Courses

Fall

  • PED-321 Financial Services for Low-Income Households and Family Businesses
  • PED-210 Public Finance 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:

  • Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles
    • Prasetyantoko, A and Jay K. Rosengard. "If the Banks are Doing so Well, Why Can't I Get a Loan? Regulatory Constraints to Financial Inclusion in Indonesia." Asian Economic Policy Review 6.2 (December 2011): 273-296.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Rosengard, Jay K., Tr?n Th? Qu? Giang, Ðinh Vu Trang Ngân, Hu?nh Th? Du, and Juan Pablo Chauvin. "The Unintended Consequences of Successful Resource Mobilization: Financing Development in Vietnam." United Nations Development Programme and the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, 2011.
  • Reviews
    • Rosengard, Jay K. Review of Improving Access to Financial Services in Indonesia, World Bank, and Enhancing Access to Finance for Indonesian Overseas Migrant Workers: Evidence from a Survey of Three Provinces, World Bank. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 47.1, April 2011: 132-134.
    • Rosengard, Jay K. Review of Restructuring of State-Owned Financial Institutions: Lessons from Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Asian Development Bank. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 47.1, April 2011: 132-134.