Harvard Kennedy School

Political Articulation and Accountability in Decentralization: Theory and Evidence from India

Chhatre, Ashwini (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-11)

New institutions created through decentralization policies around the world, notwithstanding the rhetoric, are often lacking in substantive democratic content. New policies for decentralized natural resource management ...
Integrating Science and Practice for the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: Barriers, Bridges, Propositions

Weichselgartner, Juergen (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-10)

An immense enlargement of both the natural hazards literature and practical disaster mitigation efforts has not reversed the upward trend in disaster losses. The paradox of concurrent increases raises questions about ...
Decomposing World Export Growth and the Relevance of New Destinations

Zahler, Andres (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-08)

Looking to understand what drives countries' export growth in practice, I provide a decomposition of world export growth at the product variety level between new destinations, new products, and growth in value of old ...