Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Juma, Calestous. "Kenya: Why Kenya Has to Adopt Biotechnology in Farming." All Africa, June 27, 2012.
Masoud, Tarek. "The Tyrant’s Brutal Legacy." Newsweek, June 25, 2012.
Kayyem, Juliette. "An Emerging Democracy Requires More Than Just Elections." Boston Globe, June 25, 2012.
Juma, Calestous. "Building New Agricultural Universities in Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-026, June 2012.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Israel’s Undersea Gas Bonanza May Spur Mideastern Strife." Bloomberg News, May 21, 2012.
Cohen, Dara Kay, and Amelia Hoover Green. "Dueling Incentives: Sexual Violence in Liberia and the Politics of Human Rights Advocacy." Journal of Peace Research 49.3 (May 2012): 445-458.
Masoud, Tarek. "Egypt’s Spymaster Candidate For President, Omar Suleiman." Newsweek, April 16, 2012.
Campante, Filipe R., and Davin Chor. "Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring." Journal of Economic Perspectives 26.2 (Spring 2012): 167-188.
Pritchett, Lant. "Could Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Head the World Bank? Yes, If Five Things Happen." The Guardian, March 30, 2012.
Juma, Calestous. "Senegal's Political Transition Hinges on Fulfilling Economic Dreams of The Young." The Guardian, March 29, 2012.
Juma, Calestous. "Technological Abundance for Global Agriculture: The Role of Biotechnology." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-008, March 2012.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Little Economy That Could." Foreign Policy, February 2, 2012.
Ferguson, Ronald. "Modernizing Federal Influence on American Schools." Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America's Schools. Ed. Frederick M. Hess and Andrew P. Kelly. Harvard Education Press, 2012, 253-272.
Juma, Calestous. "Africa’s Agricultural Revolution Will be Driven by Research and Technology." Daily Nation (Kenya), December 20, 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Escaping The Natural-Resource Curse." Korea Herald, December 12, 2011.
Hunt, Swanee. "Nobel Peace Prize Winners Leymah Gbowee and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Recognized." Daily Beast, December 10, 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Science Meets Farming in Africa." Science, 334.6061, December 2011, 1323.
Juma, Calestous, Josh Drake, L. Val Giddings, et alia. "Feeding the Next Generation: Science, Business, and Public Policy." Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Discussion Paper 2011-09, December 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Preventing Hunger: Biotechnology is Key." Nature 479 (November 24, 2011): 471-472.
Lawrence, Robert Z., and Lawrence Edwards. "South African Trade Policy in the New Environment." Paper prepared for the South African National Planning Commission, November 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Kenya’s Diaspora is a Force to Reckon With in Planning the Country’s Future." Daily Nation, October 12, 2011.
Toft, Monica Duffy. "Why a Rebel Victory in Libya is Better than a Negotiated Settlement." Christian Science Monitor, September 13, 2011.
Devarajan, Shantayanan, Stuti Khemani, and Michael Walton. "Civil Society, Public Action and Accountability in Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-036, September 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Asian Interest Means Africa Needs New Economic Vision." CNN.com, September 1, 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Seeding Diplomacy." Public Service Review, September 2011.
Dumitrescu, Anca, Dan Levy, Cara Orfield and Matt Sloan. "Impact Evaluation of Niger’s IMAGINE Program." Mathematica Policy Research, September 2011.
Burns, Nicholas. "Victory for US Leadership." Boston Globe, August 23, 2011.
Walt, Stephen. "Avoiding a Mission Accomplished Moment in Libya." Foreign Policy, August 22, 2011.
Siddiqi, Afreen, and Laura Diaz Anadon. "The Water-Energy Nexus in Middle East and North Africa." Energy Policy 39.6 (August 2011): 4529-4540.
Juma, Calestous. "The African Summer." Foreign Policy, July 28, 2011.
Masoud, Tarek. "The Road to (and from) Liberation Square." Journal of Democracy 22.3 (July 2011): 20-34.
Juma, Calestous. "Building Africa Bloc by Bloc." East-African, June 20, 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Juma Mwapachu: Legacy of an Entrepreneurial Leader." The EastAfrican, April 18, 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Some Big Ideas from Small Countries." European Financial Review. April 15, 2011.
Masoud, Tarek. "Testimony to the House Intelligence Subcommittee." U.S. House of Representatives, April 14, 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Growing the Economy." PS: Public Service Review, April 11, 2011.
Peterson, Stephen. "Why it Worked: Critical Success Factors of a Financial Reform Project in Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-019, March 2011.
Burns, Nicholas. "The Gamble In Libya." Boston Globe, March 22, 2011.
Burns, Nicholas. "Where Do We Go From Here?" Foreign Policy, February 4, 2011.
Allison, Graham. "What Egypt Means for the U.S." The Mark, February 3, 2011.
Juma, Calestous. The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa. Oxford University Press, 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "Introduction." The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa. Ed. Calestous Juma. Oxford University Press, 2011, xiii-xxvi.
Juma, Calestous. "Africa Must Make Tough Choices to Build Democracy." Business Daily (Africa), January 7, 2011.
Edwards, Lawrence, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "AGOA Rules: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series and NBER Working Papers (RWP11-002 and 16623), January 2011
Peterson, Stephen. "Reforming Public Financial Management in Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-048, December 2010.
Juma, Calestous. "Governing Innovation." The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa. Ed. Calestous Juma. Oxford University Press, 2010, 166-203.
Juma, Calestous. "The Growing Economy." The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa. Ed. Calestous Juma. Oxford University Press, 2010, 1-22.
Peterson, Stephen. "Rethinking the Millennium Development Goals for Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-046, November 2010.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Mauritius: African Success Story." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-036, September 2010.
Masoud, Tarek. "Egypt." The Middle East. Ed. Ellen Lust. CQ Press, 2010.