Sample PAE's

The Finished PAE

Here are several award-winning and nominated PAEs from the past few years. Several other PAEs can also be found on the websites of the HKS research centers that support PAEs, including the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation. If you are interested in reading more, contact the Harvard Kennedy School Library, which keeps a hard copy of every PAE written at HKS.

Award-winning PAEs from 2007 and 2008

Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Cote d'Ivoire (link to PDF)
Tomo Hamakawa and Katherine Randall, 2008

Understanding Muslim Populations: What Leaders Need to Know (link to PDF)
Erica Han and Lymari Morales

Smoothing the Transition to Kindergarten: Toward a Coordinated Statewide Policy (link to PDF)
Yumiko Jolly and Sherry Orbach

Immigrant Voters in Massachusetts: Implications for Political Parties (link to PDF)
Mamie Marcuss

Market-based Affordable Housing in Urban India (link to PDF)
Matt Nohn, 2008

Smart Growth Opportunities for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Massachusetts (link to PDF)
Adam Ruder, 2008

Other recent nominated and award-winning PAEs - available at the HKS Library

The Language of CounterTerrorism: When Message Received is not Message Intended
Jim Armstrong, Candace Chin, and Uri Leventer, 2008

Ethanol Everywhere: Is a World Ethanol Market in America’s National Interest?
Shouvik Banerjee, 2007

Gauging the Impact of Tobacco Control Programming and Advocacy in Massachusetts
Ben Branham and Kendall Levan, 2008

Improving Access to Finance in the Philippines: Credit Bureaus and Mandated Lending
Benjamin Chan, 2008

Increasing the Effectiveness Of Financial Sanctions: Lessons from Case Studies
Liza Ching and Katherine Stewart, 2007

Social Sector Business Ventures: The Critical Factors that Maximize Success
Steven Cohen, Haviva Kohl, and Allison Van, 2008

Public-Private Partnerships: A Critical Tool in Combating Human Trafficking
Sareena Dalla and Jenny Lam, 2008

Oxfam America: Tool for Selecting Corporate Partners
Stéphane de Messières and Heather Franzese, 2007

TIME FOR ACTIVITIES: Activity-Based Costing in Somerville Public Schools
Karn Engelsgjerd, 2007

The First 100 Days: Conceptualizing a Construct for New Governors
James Freedland, 2007

ADR v. Litigation: Tracking and Comparing the Cost Effectiveness of Environmental Dispute Resolution Strategies at the Bureau of Land Management
Yonatan Gelblum, 2007

Hope for Clean Drinking Water
Peter K. Greer and Kate Bradley MacLeod, 2004

How Can the Central Bank Of Colombia Fight the Dutch Disease?
Marc Hinterschweiger

Advancing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Tobias Leipprand and Philip Rusch, 2007

Local Public Finance in Mexico: Improving Matamoros’ Budget
Ruben Longoria, 2007

Can We Really Manage? Understanding Supervision and its Importance in Government
Erin M. O'Driscoll and Andrew J. Whitehouse, 2005

Foreign ownership restrictions of U.S. airlines
Bimal Patel, 2008

A Community in Support of Children and Families: Operationalizing Portland, Maine’s Community Partnership for Protecting Children
Suzanne Patt, 2007

Should the F.D.A. Create an Expedited Approval Process for Generic Biologic Drugs?
Ben Roberts, 2007