Harvard Kennedy School debate
Professors and graduate students at the Harvard Kennedy School have written articles to contribute the debate around the global financial crisis and the reform of international institutions.
Monica Duffy Toft: Financial Insecurity and Global ConflictWhat are the connections between the global financial crisis andviolent conflict? First, the crisis poses the chance of an increase inthe number of new civil wars. Additionally, today’s world leaders rightly hold in the forefront oftheir minds the impact of the Great Depression on the politicaldevelopments in Europe and the emergence of ideologies and foreignpolicies that led directly to the Second World War...
Robert N Stavins and Robert Stowe: Climate change is the ultimate “global-commons” problem. Individuals,corporations, communities, and countries each use a common resource—theability of the atmosphere to store greenhouse gases (GHGs). In fact,they over-use that resource, because the costs of doing so (associatedwith warming of the Earth’s surface) do not accrue except to a trivialdegree to those who emit the gases. Greenhouse gases mix uniformly inthe upper atmosphere, and thus damages are completely independent ofthe location of emissions sources...
Dani Rodrik - Let developing nations rule: The global crisis is an opportunity for developing nations to project their interests in multilateral institutions, and gain influence in shaping economic globalisation. To make the best of this outcome, developing nations need a good sense of their interests and priorities, but also to recognize that having a greater say entails acceptance of greater responsibilities.
Dani Rodrik - One economics, many recipes: Dani Rodrik of the Harvard Kennedy School talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the role of institutions in economic development. They discuss the use of ‘growth diagnostics’ to identify the binding constraints on economic activity and hence the priorities for policy and institutional reform, drawing on Rodrik’s experiences applying the framework to South Africa.
Jeffrey A. Frankel - several articles: Jeffrey is James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University.
Several of our students have also dedicated themselves to working with the British Consulate in Boston on a number of important issue papers through their Policy Analysis Exercise at the Kennedy School. Human rights, international terrorism, and the future of Afghanistan are examples of the topics our students have addressed in their research.
We are pleased that our mission at Harvard Kennedy School relates to the work being done in London and throughout the world as the G-20 summit approaches.
Melodie Jackson
Associate Dean for Communications & Public Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Monica Duffy Toft: Financial Insecurity and Global ConflictWhat are the connections between the global financial crisis andviolent conflict? First, the crisis poses the chance of an increase inthe number of new civil wars. Additionally, today’s world leaders rightly hold in the forefront oftheir minds the impact of the Great Depression on the politicaldevelopments in Europe and the emergence of ideologies and foreignpolicies that led directly to the Second World War...
Robert N Stavins and Robert Stowe: Climate change is the ultimate “global-commons” problem. Individuals,corporations, communities, and countries each use a common resource—theability of the atmosphere to store greenhouse gases (GHGs). In fact,they over-use that resource, because the costs of doing so (associatedwith warming of the Earth’s surface) do not accrue except to a trivialdegree to those who emit the gases. Greenhouse gases mix uniformly inthe upper atmosphere, and thus damages are completely independent ofthe location of emissions sources...
Dani Rodrik - Let developing nations rule: The global crisis is an opportunity for developing nations to project their interests in multilateral institutions, and gain influence in shaping economic globalisation. To make the best of this outcome, developing nations need a good sense of their interests and priorities, but also to recognize that having a greater say entails acceptance of greater responsibilities.
Dani Rodrik - One economics, many recipes: Dani Rodrik of the Harvard Kennedy School talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the role of institutions in economic development. They discuss the use of ‘growth diagnostics’ to identify the binding constraints on economic activity and hence the priorities for policy and institutional reform, drawing on Rodrik’s experiences applying the framework to South Africa.
Jeffrey A. Frankel - several articles: Jeffrey is James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University.
About Harvard Kennedy School
Meeting today’s global challenges
The tremendous global challenges facing all of us in the world today demand thoughtful analysis and understanding, and, in some cases require urgent responses. From climate change and environmental degradation to nuclear proliferation and states in crisis, the challenges we face are many, and we have both an obligation and an opportunity to confront them. At Harvard Kennedy School we are committed to finding solutions to these public problems, and to train the next generation of leaders who will effect powerful and positive change in their communities and throughout the world. Several of our scholars are presenting their ideas and participating in the discussions on this engaging website.Several of our students have also dedicated themselves to working with the British Consulate in Boston on a number of important issue papers through their Policy Analysis Exercise at the Kennedy School. Human rights, international terrorism, and the future of Afghanistan are examples of the topics our students have addressed in their research.
We are pleased that our mission at Harvard Kennedy School relates to the work being done in London and throughout the world as the G-20 summit approaches.
Melodie Jackson
Associate Dean for Communications & Public Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University