CID’s faculty affiliates embody the breadth and depth of international development research at Harvard. Faculty affiliates hail from across the University and work in every region of the world, on every topic in development.

Laura Alfaro
Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Research Areas: International Economics; International Finance; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment
Matthew Andrews
Edward S. Mason Senior Lecturer in International Development
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Public Policy Implementation; Governance; Public Finance; Economic Growth; Industrial Policy
Rifat A. Atun
Professor of Global Health Systems
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research Areas: Global Health; Health System Performance; Health System Reform; Innovation; Technology Startups; Venture Investment
Jie Bai
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Development; Trade; Industrial Organization; Agriculture
Emily Breza
Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: Finance; Social Networks; Labor
Shawn Cole
John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Research Areas: Finance; Agriculture; Impact Investing; Digital Development
Akash Deep
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Finance; Infrastructure; Risk Management
Karen Dynan
Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, HKS; Professor of the Practice of Economics, FAS
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Macroeconomic Policy; Household Economic Security; Household Finances; Safety Net Programs
Fritz Foley
Andre R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Research Areas: Corporate Finance; International Trade and Investment
Jeffrey Frankel
James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Currencies; Crises; Commodities; International Trade & Finance; Monetary & Fiscal Policy; Global Environment Issues
Jason Furman
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Macroeconomic Policy; Fiscal Policy; Industrial Organization; Labor Markets
Xavier Gabaix
Pershing Square Professor of Economics and Finance
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: Finance; Macroeconomics; Behavioral Economics