L. David Brown

Lecturer in Public Policy
Senior Research Fellow
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Office Address
Belfer-122
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 143
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-2381
Fax: 617-495-0996
Email: L._David_Brown@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Rosita Scarfo (617-496-1739)
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L. David Brown is Lecturer in Public Policy and Associate Director for International Programs at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. Prior to coming to Harvard he was President of the Institute for Development Research, a nonprofit center for development research and consultation, and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Boston University. His research and consulting has focused on institution building, particularly for civil society organizations and networks, that fosters sustainable development and social transformation. He has written or edited Creating Credibility: Legitimicy and Accountability for Transnational Civil Society,Transnational Civil Society: An Introduction (with Srilatha Batliwala), The Struggle for Accountability: NGOs, Social Movements and the World Bank (with Jonathan Fox),and Managing Conflict at Organizational Interfaces. He has been a Fulbright Lecturer in India and a Peace Corps community organizer in Ethiopia.

 

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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 Journals
    • Brown, L. David, and Mark H. Moore. "Accountability, Strategy, and International Nongovernmental Organizations." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 30.3 (2001): 569-587.
    • Brown, L. David and Archana Kalegaonkar. "Support Organizations and the Evolution of the NGO Sector." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 31.2 (2002): 231-258.
    • Brown, L. David, Gabriele Bammer, Srilatha Batliwala, and Frances Kunreuther. "Framing Practice-Research Engagement for Democratizing Knowledge." Action Research 1.1 (2003): 85-102.
    • Brown, L. David, Mark H. Moore, and James Honan. "Building Strategic Accountability Systems for International NGOs." AccountAbility Forum 2 (Summer 2004): 31-43.
    • Alvord, Sarah, L. David Brown, and Christine W. Letts. "Social Entrepreneurship and Social Transformation." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 40.3 (2004): 260-282.
    • Brown, L. David, and Vanessa Timmer. "Civil Society Actors as Catalysts for Transnational Social Learning." Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 17.1 (March 2006): 1-16.
  • Book Chapters
    • Brown, L. David and Jonathan A. Fox. "Transnational Civil Society and the World Bank: Lessons from Project and Policy Influence Campaigns." Global Citizen Action. Ed. Michael Edwards and John Gaventa. Reinner, 2001, 43-58.
    • Brown, L. David, Sanjeev Khagram, Mark H. Moore, and Peter Frumkin. "Globalization, NGOs, and Multi-Sectoral Relations." Governance in a Globalizing World. Ed. Nye, Jr., Joseph S., and John D. Donohue. Brookings Institution, 2001, 271-296.
    • Brown, L. David. "Building Civil Society Legitimacy and Accountability with Domain Accountability Systems." Philanthropy and Social Change in Latin America. Ed. Cynthia Sanborn and Felipe Portocarrero. Harvard University Press, 2005, 395-414.
  • Edited Volumes
    • Brown, L. David, ed. Practice Research Engagement for Civil Society in a Globalizing World. Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2001.
    • Batliwala, Srilatha, and L. David Brown, eds. Transnational Civil Society: An Introduction. Kumarian Press, 2006.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Brown, L. David, and Jagadananda. "Civil Society Legitimacy and Accountability: Issues and Challenges." Hauser Center Working Paper Series No. 32, October 2006.