Rema N. Hanna

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-315
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 26
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-1140
Fax: 617-496-5747
Email: Rema_Hanna@hks.harvard.edu
Rema Hanna

Profile

Rema Hanna is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Hanna is an NBER Research Associate, an affiliate of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and an affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. Her research focuses on understanding how to improve the provision of public services in developing countries. For example, she is currently working on a project to assess the effectiveness of different methods for targeting the poor in Indonesia, and also analyzing data from a field experiment in rural Orissa, India, that looks at the impacts of "clean" cooking stoves on indoor air pollution and health.

Prior to joining the Kennedy School, Hanna was an assistant professor of public policy and economics at New York University. She holds a PhD in Economics from MIT and a BS from Cornell University.

Courses

Spring

Research

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

Selected Publication Citations:

  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Greenstone, Michael, and Rema Hanna. "Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-034, September 2011.