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Crowd of Black Lives Matters demonstrators marching in the street.
Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

Electronic stock ticker board with numbers and arabic letters.
Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

Several hands of team members covering one another in a huddle above a work table.
Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

Dollars and Euros piled on top of one another.
Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

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

Public policy actors view success differently, and it matters

Andrews, Matt. "Public policy actors view success differently, and it matters." CID Faculty Working Papers Series, October 2022.

Review of Who matters at the World Bank? Bureaucrats, policy change, and public sector governance

Andrews, Matt. Review of Who matters at the World Bank? Bureaucrats, policy change, and public sector governance, by Kim Moloney. Governance, 35.4, October 2022: 1264-1265.

What is public policy success, especially in development?

Andrews, Matt. "What is public policy success, especially in development?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-015, September 2022.

This is How to Think about and Achieve
Public Policy Success

Andrews, Matt. "This is How to Think about and Achieve Public Policy Success." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-006, May 2022.

Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work

Andrews, Matthew. "Getting Real about Unknowns in Complex Policy Work." CID Faculty Working Papers Series, February 2022.

Can Africa Compete in World Soccer?

Andrews, Matthew. "Can Africa Compete in World Soccer?" CID Faculty Working Papers Series, January 2022.

Successful Failure in Public Policy Work

Andrews, Matthew. "Successful Failure in Public Policy Work." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, December 2021.

Opening Adaptation Windows onto Public Financial Management Reform Gaps in Mozambique

Andrews, Matthew, Tim McNaught, and Salimah Samji. "Opening Adaptation Windows onto Public Financial Management Reform Gaps in Mozambique." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-017, May 2018.

Overcoming the Limits of Institutional Reform in Uganda

Andrews, Matthew. "Overcoming the Limits of Institutional Reform in Uganda." Development Policy Review 36.S1 (November 2017): O159–O182.

Learning to Target for Economic Diversification: PDIA in Sri Lanka

Andrews, Matt, Duminda Ariyasinghe, Thamari Batuwanthudawa, Shivanthika Darmasiri, Nilupul de Silva, Peter Harrington, Prasanna Jayasinghe, et al. "Learning to Target for Economic Diversification: PDIA in Sri Lanka." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-020, January 2017.

Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action

Lant Pritchett, Matthew Andrews, and Michael Woolcock. Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action. Oxford University Press, 2017.

Going Beyond Heroic Leaders in Development

Andrews, Matthew. "Going Beyond Heroic Leaders in Development." Public Administration and Development 36.3 (August 2016): 171-184.

Off Pitch: Football’s Financial Integrity
Weaknesses, and How to Strengthen Them

Andrews, Matthew, and Peter Harrington. "Off Pitch: Football’s Financial Integrity Weaknesses, and How to Strengthen Them." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series and CID Working Paper RWP16-009, March 2016.

Doing Problem Driven Work

Andrews, Matthew, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. "Doing Problem Driven Work." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-073, December 2015.

The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability

Andrews, Matthew, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. "The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-074, December 2015.

Has Sweden Injected Realism into Public Financial Management Reforms in Partner Countries?

Andrews, Matthew. "Has Sweden Injected Realism into Public Financial Management Reforms in Partner Countries?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-063, October 2015.

Explaining Positive Deviance in Public Sector Reforms in Development

Andrews, Matthew. "Explaining Positive Deviance in Public Sector Reforms in Development." World Development 74 (October 2015): 197-208.

This Is PFM

Andrews, Matthew, Marco Cangiano, Neil Cole, Paolo de Renzio, Philipp Krause, and Renaud Seligmann. "This Is PFM." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-034, July 2014.

Why Distributed End Users Often Limit Public Financial Management Reform Success

Andrews, Matthew. "Why Distributed End Users Often Limit Public Financial Management Reform Success." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-026, May 2014.

An Ends-Means Approach to
Looking At Governance

Andrews, Matthew. "An Ends-Means Approach to Looking At Governance." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-022, April 2014.

Can One Retell a Mozambican Reform Story Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation?

Andrews, Matthew. "Can One Retell a Mozambican Reform Story Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-018, April 2014.

Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation

Andrews, Matthew, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. "Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation." World Development 51 (November 2013): 234-244.

Explaining Positive Deviance in Public Sector Reforms in Development

Andrews, Matthew. "Explaining Positive Deviance in Public Sector Reforms in Development." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-040, October 2013.

Review of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do About It

Andrews, Matthew. Review of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do About It, by Morton Jerven. Governance, 26.4, October 2013: 696-698.

Do International Organizations
Really Shape Government Solutions in Developing Countries?

Andrews, Matthew. "Do International Organizations Really Shape Government Solutions in Developing Countries?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-032, September 2013.

How Do Governments Get Great?

Andrews, Matthew. "How Do Governments Get Great?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-020, June 2013.

Going Beyond Heroic-Leaders in Development

Andrews, Matthew. "Going Beyond Heroic-Leaders in Development." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-021, June 2013.

Who Really Leads Development?

Andrews, Matthew. "Who Really Leads Development?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-011, April 2013.

We Need to Radically Rethink Who Leads Development and What Hey Do

Andrews, Matthew. "We Need to Radically Rethink Who Leads Development and What Hey Do." Guardian, April 2, 2013.

The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development

Andrews, Matthew. The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development. Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation

Andrews, Matthew, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. "Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation." Journal of Development Studies 49(1) (January 2013): 1-18.

Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation

Lant Pritchett, Michael Woolcock, and Matthew Andrews. "Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation." Journal of Development Studies 49.1 (January 2013): 1-18.

Escaping Capability Traps
through Problem-Driven
Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)

Andrews, Matt, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. "Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-036, August 2012.

Developing Countries Will Follow Post-crisis OECD Reforms but Not Passively This Time

Andrews, Matthew. "Developing Countries Will Follow Post-crisis OECD Reforms but Not Passively This Time." Governance 25.1 (January 2012): 103–127.

Can Governance Indicators Make Sense? Towards a New Approach to Sector-Specific Measures of Governance

Andrews, Matthew. "Can Governance Indicators Make Sense? Towards a New Approach to Sector-Specific Measures of Governance." Oxford Development Studies 38.4 (December 2010): 391-410.

How Far Have Public Financial Management Reforms Come in Africa?

Andrews, Matthew. "How Far Have Public Financial Management Reforms Come in Africa?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-018, May 2010.

Governance Indicators Can Make Sense:
Under-five Mortality Rates are an Example

Andrews, Matthew, Roger Hay, and Jerrett Myers. "Governance Indicators Can Make Sense: Under-five Mortality Rates are an Example." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-015, April 2010.

Development as Leadership-led
Change

Andrews, Matthew, Jesse McConnell, and Alison Wescott. "Development as Leadership-led Change." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-009, March 2010.

Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries

Andrews, Matthew. "Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries." Governance 23.1 (January 2010): 7-35.

Review of The Dynamics of Performance Management: Constructing Information and Reform

Andrews, Matthew. Review of The Dynamics of Performance Management: Constructing Information and Reform, by Donald P. Moynihan. Governance, 22.3, July 2009: 513-515.

Isomorphism and the Limits to African Public Financial Management Reform

Andrews, Matthew. "Isomorphism and the Limits to African Public Financial Management Reform." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-012, May 2009.

The Good Governance Agenda: Beyond Indicators Without Theory

Andrews, Matthew. "The Good Governance Agenda: Beyond Indicators Without Theory." Oxford Development Studies 36.4 (December 2008): 379-407.

Beyond 'The Answer' to Flexible Solutions in Managing Health in Africa

Andrews, Matthew. "Beyond 'The Answer' to Flexible Solutions in Managing Health in Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-067, November 2008.

Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries

Andrews, Matthew. "Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-068, November 2008.

Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African Growth Catalyst? (Or Could it Be?)

Andrews, Matthew. "Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African Growth Catalyst? (Or Could it Be?)." Center for International Development Working Papers and HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series (170 and RWP08-033), June 2008.

Harvard Group Suggests Ways to Make BEE Live.

Andrews, Matthew. "Harvard Group Suggests Ways to Make BEE Live." Business Report (South Africa), May 12, 2008.

Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African Growth Catalyst? (Or Could it Be...)

Andrews, Matthew. "Is Black Economic Empowerment a South African Growth Catalyst? (Or Could it Be...)." Center for International Development Working Papers 170, May 2008.

Creating Space for Effective Political Engagement in Development

Andrews, Matthew. "Creating Space for Effective Political Engagement in Development." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-015, March 2008.

Are One-Best-Way Models of Effective Government Suitable for Developing Countries?

Andrews, Matthew. "Are One-Best-Way Models of Effective Government Suitable for Developing Countries?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-014, March 2008.