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Op-Eds, Columns, and Commentary by CID Faculty
2010
Clark, William. Spring 2010. What the Global Doctor Ordered. Harvard Kennedy School Impact Research Newsletter.
Cohen, Jessica. April 2010. Rationality and Effectively Combating Malaria Through Diagnostics. Blog Column. Brookings Institution.
Pande, Rohini and Esther Duflo. 18 March 2010. Leading by Example: Women's Reservation Bill in West Bengal. Indian Express.
Pritchett, Lant. 27 September 2010. What Obama Got Right About Development. Aid Watch Blog.
Pritchett, Lant. 26 September 2010. Time for a More Ambitious Approach to Development. The Economist.
Rodrik, Dani. 8 October 2010. Can Developing Countries Carry the World Economy? Project Syndicate: Roads to Prosperity Blog.
Rodrik, Dani. 9 September 2010. Is Chinese Mercantilism Good or Bad for Poor Countries? Project Syndicate: Roads to Prosperity Blog.
Rodrik, Dani. 9 August 2010. The Myth of Authoritarian Growth. Project Syndicate: Roads to Prosperity Blog.
Rodrik, Dani. 12 July 2010. The Market Confidence Bugaboo. Project Syndicate: Roads to Prosperity Blog.
Rodrik, Dani. 14 June 2010. Who Lost Europe. Korea Times.
Rodrik, Dani. 11 May 2010. Greek Lessons for the World Economy. Guatemala Times.
Rodrik, Dani. 14 April 2010. [PS] Return of Industrial Policy. Korea Times.
Rodrik, Dani. 22 March 2010. Stunning IMF Policy Reversal Sets the Stage for Robin Hood. Toronto Star.
Rodrik, Dani. 11 March 2010. The End of an Era in Finance. Project Syndicate: Roads to Prosperity Blog.
Rodrik, Dani. 11 February 2010. The Case Against International Financial Coordination. Project Syndicate: Roads to Prosperity Blog.
Rodrik, Dani. 7 February 2010. No Easy Way Out of the Chinese Dilemma. New Straits Times (Malaysia).
Rodrik, Dani. 13 January 2010. Will China Rule the World? Business World Online.
Schumacher-Matos, Edward. 1 July 2010. What Obama didn't -- and couldn't -- say on immigration. The Washington Post.
Schumacher-Matos, Edward. 27 June 2010. Denying citizenship for illegal immigrants' children is a bad idea. The Washington Post.
Schumacher-Matos, Edward. 4 June 2010. A nation's dreams or paranoia. The Washington Post Writers Group.
Schumacher-Matos, Edward. 30 April 2010. Immigration enforcement is working. Now we need to look at what isn't. The Washington Post.
Walton, Michael. 19 June 2010. Lessons from Chinese Workers. The Financial Express (India). The Financial Express (India).
Walton, Michael. 12 February 2010. Should IMF Have Been Called In?
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Ricardo Hausmann in Colombia 2010-TV Debate: Regional Governance Redesigned, World Economic Forum, April 7, 2010.
Ricardo Hausmann opina sobre la situación económica de su país, Entrevista de CNN por Alberto Padilla, June 15, 2010.
El buen cerdito español, La Tercera/Chile, February 9, 2010, by Ricardo Hausmann. Op-ed commentary in Chilean newspaper.
Redemption or Abstinence? Original Sin, Currency Mismatches and Counter-Cyclical Policies in the New Millennium, RGE EconoMonitor, February 4, 2010, by Ricardo Hausmann and Ugo Panizza. In Hausmann and Panizza (2010), we update our measures of original sin and look at the redemption hypothesis by using data on the international and domestic bond markets for a large sample of developing, transition, and emerging market countries.
Responding to disasters - can we act in time?, The Boston Globe, January 20, 2010, by Tahir Andrabi and CID Faculty Affiliate Asim Ijaz Khwaja. The world is witnessing an oft-repeated, tragic scene in Haiti: chaos in the aftermath of disaster. While technology increasingly helps predict natural disasters, it remains glaringly absent in the aftermath of calamity. But technology can be part of the solution to getting supplies and aid to victims following a disaster.
Enterprise Solutions in the Developing World, Swarthmore College Bulletin, January 2010, by Raymond Hopkins. A book review of "In the River They Swim: Essays from Around the World on Enterprise Solutions to Poverty" by CID Executive Director Marcela Escobari-Rose and co-authors.
Chavez’s 3-Tiered Currency System May Spur Inflation,Business Week, January 11, 2010. "Latin America learned in the 1980s that policies like this do not work,” said CID Director Ricardo Hausmann, who served as Venezuela's planning minister in the 1990s.
Capitalism-in-its-noughties-avatar, Financial Express, January 11, 2010. The first decade of this new century was the best of times for the Chinese and Indian brands of capitalism: column by CID Faculty Affiliate Michael Walton.
2009
"Study Shows How Discrimination Creeps into Grading Practices," EdWeek.org, November 5, 2009. Article on research on school grading discrimination cites research co-authored by CID Faculty Associate Rema Hanna.
"The myth of rising protectionism," Business Standard (India), October 13, 2009. Commentary on protectionism by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"The US must help rebuild Somalia," Boston Globe, September 19, 2009. Op-ed on U.S.-Somalia relations by CID Faculty Associate Robert Rotberg.
"Small change: Billions of dollars and a Nobel Prize later, it looks like 'microlending' doesn't actually do much to fight poverty," The Boston Globe. Karlan, Dean. September 20, 2009.
"Climate change a stumbling block to Africa's economies," The Nation (Kenya), September 15, 2009. Op-ed on the threat of climate change to Africa's water supply and agriculture by CID Faculty Associate Calestous Juma.
"New Africa broadband 'ready'," BBC News, September 15, 2009. Commentary on the benefits of broadband infrastructure in Africa by CID Faculty Associate Calestous Juma.
"Anticipating the Next Crisis," International Monetary Fund magazine, September, 2009. Article on evolving concepts in economics by CID Faculty Associate Jeffrey Frankel.
"Let Finance Skeptics Take Over," International Business Times, August 21, 2009. Commentary on replacing United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"Build on this Latin lesson for projects," Financial Express (India), August 5, 2009. Commentary on public-private infrastructure projects by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"Kenya’s makeover in diplomatic ties should focus on economic statecraft," Daily Nation (Kenya), August 4, 2009. Op-ed on Kenya's economic diplomacy by CID Faculty Associate Calestous Juma.
"Growth that's even more inclusive," Financial Express (India), July 24, 2009. Column on India's middle class by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"Disorder in the Ranks," Foreign Policy, July/August, 2009. Commentary on the definition of a failed state by CID Faculty Associate Robert Rotberg.
"Changing the political climate," Business Spectator (Australia), July 20, 2009. Commentary on a framework for global climate policy by CID Faculty Associate Jeffrey Frankel.
"India really is a supply side story," Financial Express (India), July 14, 2009. Column on the Indian economy by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"On the (de)merits of small banks in developing countries," FT.com, July 14, 2009. Article on international development quotes CID Faculty Associate Asim Khwaja.
"Which nations will advance? Watch their 'Legos.'," CSMonitor.com, July 13, 2009. Article on economic development profiles CID Director Ricardo Hausmann and CID Fellow César A Hidalgo.
"Mercantilism reconsidered," Daily Times (Pakistan), July 12, 2009. Commentary on government-business relations by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"African academy empowers youths," Christian Science Monitor, July 10, 2009. Article on efforts to combat youth unemployment in Africa by CID Faculty Associate Calestous Juma.
"From the learning curve," Indian Express, July 6, 2009. Op-ed on education in India by CID Faculty Associate Lant Pritchett.
"Interview with Marcela Escobari", Extra, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, July 5, 2009 (in Spanish)
"Why getting complicated increases the wealth of nations," Financial Times, July 4, 2009. Article on complexity of the global economy quotes CID Director Ricardo Hausmann and CID Fellow César A Hidalgo.
"Who will teach the teachers?," Financial Express (India), June 24, 2009. Commentary on education in India by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"The Bumpy Road Ahead," Korea Times, June 14, 2009. Op-ed on the financial crisis and the future of globalization by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"The false unity in Zimbabwe," Boston Globe, June 13, 2009. Op-ed on Robert Mugabe's hold on power in Zimbabwe by CID Faculty Associate Robert Rotberg.
"India: A panoply of policy failures," Economic Times (India), June 9, 2009. Article on public policy in India profiles research by CID Faculty Associate Lant Pritchett.
"The Madrasa Myth," ForeignPolicy.com, June 2, 2009. Op-ed on Pakistan's education system co-written by CID Faculty Associate Asim Ijaz Khwaja.
"Bombs, bankers and us," Financial Express (India), May 21, 2009. Commentary on India's recent election by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"A de-globalised world?," Business Standard, May 12, 2009. Op-ed on the future of the global economy by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"The Missing Maldivians," Forbes magazine, May 11, 2009. Analysis of the current immigration debate quotes CID Faculty Associate and HKS Professor Lant Pritchett on labor mobility as an effective means to combat poverty.
"Rescue or restructure?," Financial Express (India), May 8, 2009. Commentary on financial policy during times of economic change by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"William Clark defines sustainable development," Earth & Sky radio series podcast, May 2009. Podcast interview on the need to balance human and environmental needs for survival, with Harvard professor and SSP director William Clark.
"It's Not Competitiveness, It's Management," NYTimes.com, 04/30/2009. Commentary on international markets and the U.S. auto industry by CID Faculty Associate Robert Lawrence.
"New Network Connects the Dots Between Diseases," Forbes, April 29, 2009. Article reporting on a research paper by CID Fellow César A. Hidalgo. Also reported at Women's Health.
"Here We Go Again," Americas Quarterly, Spring, 2009. Commentary on the effect of the global financial crisis on Latin America by CID Director Ricardo Hausmann.
"Making the right choice," Hindustan Times (India), 04/21/2009. Commentary on informing voters about political candidates in India co-written by CID Faculty Associate Rohini Pande.
"HKS Profs Named Carnegie Scholars," Harvard Crimson, 04/15/2009. Article on HKS Professors Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Tarek Masoud named 2009 Carnegie Scholars quotes CID Faculty Associate Asim Ijaz Khwaja.
"An IMF we can love?," Business Standard, 04/13/2009. Op-ed on the International Monetary Fund by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"Blame the Economists, Not Economics," Guatemala Times, 03/12/2009. Op-ed on economists and the global financial crisis by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"We all fall down," Financial Express (India), 02/28/2009. Op-ed on the global financial crisis by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"Millard Fuller, Co-Founder of Habitat for Humanity, Dead At 74," NonProfit Times, 02/03/2009. Article on the death of the co-founder of Habitat for Humanity quotes CID Faculty Associate Christopher Stone.
"Harvard Prof. Power Tapped for NSC," Harvard Crimson, 02/03/2009. Article on the speculation regarding Samantha Power's potential appointment to the National Security Council quotes CID Faculty Associate Jeffrey Frankel.
"International markets need national rules," Taipei Times (Taiwan), 02/02/2009. Op-ed on global financial crisis by CID Faculty Associate Dani Rodrik.
"'Global Competency' Is Imperative for Global Success," Chronicle of Higher Education, 01/30/2009. Commentary on global competency in education by CID Faculty Associate Fernando Reimers.
"No time to pick a fight with China," FT.com, 01/26/2009. Op-ed on the influence of China's economy on the global economy by CID Director Ricardo Hausmann.
"Samba or tae-kwon-do?," Financial Express (India), 01/15/2009. Op-ed on India's economic development by CID Faculty Associate Michael Walton.
"Can political affirmative action for women reduce gender bias?" Vox, 1/08/2009. Article on India's experiences with gender quotas, written by CID Faculty Associate Rohini Pande and co-authors.
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