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.

Randall Akee
Julie Johnson Kidd Professor of Indigenous Governance and Development
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Indigenous Peoples Economic Development, Labor Economics, Income and Wealth Inequality, Children's Outcomes
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
Desmond Ang
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Race; Political Economy; Economic History
Pol Antras
Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: International Trade
Jie Bai
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Research Areas: Development; Trade; Industrial Organization; Agriculture
Augustin Bergeron
Assistant Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: Development Economics; Public Economics; Political Economy
David Bloom
Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research Areas: Population; Health; Labor; Education; Economic Growth
David Canning
Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Research Areas: Health; Population; Economic Development
Alberto Cavallo
Thomas S. Murphy Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Research Areas: Inflation; Big Data; Measurement; International
Paul Chang
Associate Professor of Sociology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: Sociology; Social Movements; Protest; Family
Melissa Dell
Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Areas: Conflict; Political Economy; Structural Transformation
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
Mark Esposito
Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Harvard Law School
Research Areas: Cluster Theory; Economic Development; Foresights & Future Options; Circular Economy; Geotech & Geopolitics; 4Ir