IMAGINE YOU LIVE IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN RURAL KENYA. Your daughter attends university in Nairobi and needs financial support to buy textbooks and pay her rent. How do you send her money if you, like ...

There are many issues at stake in the 2024 presidential election: the economy, immigration, climate change, the crisis in the Middle East. And yet, as a recent panel discussion at the John F. Kennedy ...

Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India, is grappling with a maternal and infant health crisis, one that is exacerbated by the worsening climate emergency. Rising temperatures, frequent power cuts ...

Volatility in the bond markets across the world, but especially in the United States, has grabbed the attention of the media and policymakers in recent months. We sat down with Carmen Reinhart, the ...

How does armed conflict affect the health of women and children, and what are the long-term public health consequences in conflict zones? Armed conflict imposes a profound and multifaceted burden on ...

Every second, 231 packages are delivered around the world by Amazon. In the United States alone, that translates to 1.6 million packages per day and more than 9 billion items a year. For consumers, ...

Indoor heat exposure is a growing problem for service sector workers, according to a new report by the Harvard Kennedy School-based Shift Project. The report found widespread instances of indoor ...

For the upcoming application cycle, we will continue to waive the GRE/GMAT requirement for Master in Public Policy (MPP) and Master in Public Administration (MPA) applicants who have successfully ...

In financial services, Wilmot worked with private equity funds, financial institutions and infrastructure groups at the International Finance Corporation. He was also Global Project Manager to CEO ...

At the beginning of the twentieth century Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the twenty richest ...

For more information, go to Professor Jie Bai's full website. I am an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. My research focuses on firms and markets in developing countries ...

“Whether he is flamboyantly fashionable with a body chiseled to perfection or chronically dissatisfied and without lasting relationships, the stereotypical extremes of male gay behavior are fueled by ...