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Lessons from Leading CDOs: A Framework for Better Civic Analytics
(Harvard University, 2017-01)
A Chief Data Officer (CDO) can lead a city or state toward greater data-driven government. Data-driven executive leadership in government is relatively new, with just over a dozen cities and a handful of states having named ...
Rakhine State - In Need of Fundamental Solutions
(Harvard University, 2017-02-24)
Religious conflict in Rakhine state threatens the development of Rakhine state and even the stability of Myanmar. In the paper, the author reviews recent 2014 census results and other data that show no long-term increase ...
What Does General Secretary Xi Jinping Dream About?
(Harvard University, 2017-08)
This analysis argues that the period of easy reforms in China has ended, and the time of difficult reforms that touch core political interests has begun. The resulting challenges facing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...
Rakhine State: Dangers and Opportunities
(Harvard University, 2017-02-01)
The paper provides an updated assessment of the danger that the Rakhine state conflict poses to all of Myanmar in terms of cost in lives, international reputation, depressed FDI, ongoing violence and sectarian conflict. ...
Citizen Voices, Community Solutions: Designing Better Transparency and Accountability Approaches to Improve Health
(Harvard University, 2017)
The Transparency for Development (T4D) study was designed to answer the question of whether a community-led transparency and accountability program can improve health outcomes and community empowerment, and, if so, how and ...
Like a Fish in Water: An Essay on the Benefits of Government That Nobody Notices
(Harvard University, 2017-08)
Debates over the role of government — often phrased as “big government” vs. “limited government” — are at the center of our political life. We debate the government’s role in health care and in regulating the environment. ...
Can China Reduce Entrenched Poverty in Remote Ethnic Minority Regions? Lessons from Successful Poverty Alleviation in Tibetan Areas of China during 1998-2016
(Harvard University, 2017-06)
In this paper Holcombe discusses lessons from successful poverty alleviation in Tibetan areas of China during 1998–2016. In the period between 1978 and 2015, the World Bank estimates that over 700 million people have been ...
Gender and Political Mobilization Online: Participation and Policy Success on a Global Petitioning Platform
(Harvard University, 2017-07)
As political life moves online, it is important to know whether online political participation excludes certain groups. Using a dataset of 3.9 million signers of online petitions in 132 countries, we examine the descriptive ...