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U.S. Government Secrecy and the Current Crackdown on Leaks
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2003)In the never-ending sparring match between the government and the news media, no subject produces more friction than the practice of leaking classified information. Government officials—at least those who don’t leak—denounce ... -
The U.S.-Russia Joint Threat Assessment of Nuclear Terrorism
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, and Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies., 2011)Nuclear terrorism is a real and urgent threat. Given the potentially catastrophic consequences, even a small probability of terrorists getting and detonating a nuclear bomb is enough to justify urgent action to reduce the ... -
The Uncertain Future of Nuclear Energy
(International Panel on Fissile Materials, 2010)In the 1970s, nuclear energy was expected to quickly become the dominant generator of electrical power. Its fuel costs are remarkably low because a million times more energy is released per unit weight by fission than by ... -
Uncertainty in the Search for New Exports
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-02)This paper explores the role that uncertainty plays in the emergence of new products or services for export in developing countries. Using a comparative case study method, I explore the degree to which those entrepreneurs ... -
Uncomfortable Arithmetic — Whom to Cover versus What to Cover
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2009)Much of the current debate about expanding health insurance coverage avoids addressing an uncomfortable trade-off: with a limited budget, making benefits more generous means being able to cover fewer people. Moreover, ... -
Understanding and reimagining migration narratives in Spain
(2023-04-04)The narratives about unaccompanied migrant youth have become so negatively charged in Spain, portraying them in news accounts and far-right campaigns as delinquent and violent. These narratives have become widely disseminated ... -
Understanding Political Corruption in Low Income Countries
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-04)Building on the large and growing empirical literature on the political behavior of individuals in low income countries this chapter seeks to understand corruption through the lens of political economy -- particularly in ... -
Understanding Regional Economic Growth in India
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2002-03)This paper aims to understand the growth experiences of fourteen major states of India in the period 1980 to 1998. We use two measures of convergence, s-convergence and ß-convergence to examine whether per capita income ... -
Understanding Saudi Private Sector Employment And Unemployment
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021-03)This paper analyzes the changes in Saudi employment and unemployment between 2009 and 2018 and argues that a supply-demand skill mismatch exacerbated by insufficient job creation, and prevalent Saudi preferences and beliefs ... -
Understanding South Africa’s Economic Puzzles
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-08)South Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation since its democratic transition in 1994, but economic growth and employment generation have been disappointing. Most worryingly, unemployment is currently among the ... -
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines
(Harvard Kennedy School, 2022-12)As a major public health crisis, the opioid epidemic caused over 556,000 deaths in the U.S. between 2000 and 2020. To control the epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed some general ... -
Understanding the Role of Local Election Officials: How Local Autonomy Shapes U.S. Election Administration
(Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2021-09)This policy brief will examine the independence and discretionary powers of local election officials and offer a framework to better understand local autonomy in our electoral system. It will also describe the larger system ... -
The Unintended Consequences of Successful Resource Mobilization: Financing Development in Vietnam
(United Nations Development Programme and the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, 2011)The total amount of development finance generated by Vietnam has been exceptionally high from all significant sources using all standard measures of comparison. However, there are many potential unintended consequences of ... -
University-Industry Collaboration in Science and Technology in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-03)Policymakers in the Gulf region recognize the importance of strengthening science and technology (S&T) to boost competitiveness and economic development. A number of efforts have been made in recent years to bolster higher ... -
Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change
(Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, 2023-11)Pathways to economic opportunity are broken in the United States, disproportionately affecting Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals and those from low-income backgrounds. Disrupting long-standing occupational segregation ... -
Unraveling the Complexity: A User-centered Design Process for Narrative Visualization
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-10)In this case study, we introduce a user-centered design process for developing Metroverse, a narrative visualization platform that communicates urban economic composition and growth opportunities for cities. The primary ... -
Up Against a Saint and a Dead Man
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2009-06)I scrambled to answer my cell phone as I pulled out of the rental car space at the Los Angeles airport. “Jim, this is Leo Wolinsky. You need to make your first command decision. How do you want your name on the masthead?” I ... -
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University., 2012-05-08)It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of ... -
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-04)It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved ...