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Do Value-Added Estimates Add Value? Accounting for Learning Dynamics
(2008)
Evaluations of educational programs commonly assume that what children learn persists over time. The authors compare learning in Pakistani public and private schools using dynamic panel methods that account for three key ...
Biofuels and Sustainable Development
(2008)
The goals and concerns surrounding the debate over government policies related to the greater use and production of biofuels were addressed in an executive session convened by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at ...
Overcoming the Challenges to the Implementation of Green Chemistry
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007)
The Harvard-Yale-ACS GCI Green Chemistry Project is investigating the overall question of the circumstances under which firms can enact innovations that have both economic and environmental benefits, through a focused ...
Globalization and Environment
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2000-07)
Economic globalization impacts the environment and sustainable development in a wide variety of ways and through a multitude of channels. The purpose of this paper is (a) to identify the key links between globalization and ...
The Impact of G-3 Exchange Rate Volatility on Developing Countries
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2002-02)
This paper describes G-3 exchange rate volatility and evaluates its impact on developing countries. The paper presents empirical evidence showing that G-3 exchange rate volatility has a robust and significantly negative ...
Identifying Aggregate Supply and Demand Shocks in South Africa
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2008-05)
This paper uses a structural VAR methodology to identify aggregate demand and supply shocks to real output for the South African economy. Demand shocks, in turn, are separated into fiscal and monetary shocks. The model is ...
Presidential Leadership and Decision-Making in Policy Reforms: The First 150 Days of Vicente Fox
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2001-09)
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Mexico, the twelfth-largest economy in the world and the second-largest trading partner of the US, finds itself undergoing profound transformations. After more than seven decades ...
Medicines as Global Public Goods: The Historical Evolution of and Contemporary Debates on Technological Innovation for Global Health
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2009-05)
The development of new technologies to combat disease, whether drugs, diagnostics, vaccines, or other health tools, has long been an important part of public health efforts. This paper traces the evolution over the past ...
Does Microcredit Reach the Poor and Vulnerable? Evidence from Northern Bangladesh
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2001-12)
This paper evaluates whether microcredit programs such as the popular Grameen Bank reach the relatively poor and vulnerable in two Bangladeshi villages. It uses a unique panel dataset with monthly consumption and income ...
Why Has Unemployment Risen in the New South Africa?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-10)
We document the rise in unemployment in South Africa since the transition in 1994. We describe the likely causes of this increase and analyze whether the increase in employment is due to structural changes in the economy ...