Tag: Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
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Nation & World
The sparring over trade
Far more than avocados and Modelo beer will be affected if the U.S. follows through on threats to start taxing Mexico, China, and other countries. Sustained disputes could destabilize the global economy, prompt an economic downturn, and pose national security risks.
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Campus & Community
The human element: Remembering Calestous Juma
: Calestous Juma, 64, who died Dec. 15 after a long illness, was a professor of the practice of international development at Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Belfer Center’s Science, Technology, and Globalization Project.
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Nation & World
Chinese economists zero in on crises
Economist Lawrence Summers and foreign policy expert Graham Allison talk about lessons learned from a Chinese research team’s comparison of the conditions around the Great Depression and the recession of 2008.
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Nation & World
The doings at Davos
Harvard experts convened to discuss the big issues and parties at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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Science & Tech
Fresh hopes on climate change
A top U.N. climate official said doom and gloom on the issue is just part of the story and that there are many innovative programs and products that provide reasons for hope.
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Nation & World
Hub away from home
Established in 2006, the São Paulo, Brazil, office of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies acts as a facilitator, connecting Harvard faculty and students with Brazilian collaborators.
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Nation & World
Making this economy work
In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government brought together heavy hitters in economics and government to discuss how private and public leaders can help the United States thrive again.
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Campus & Community
Applications open for M-RCBG senior fellows program
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) is accepting applications for its senior fellows program.
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Science & Tech
Spoiled opportunity
Republican objections to a climate change “tax” have stained the cap-and-trade approach to tackling climate change, making it politically unpalatable, even though it proved effective at fighting acid rain over the past two decades.
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Campus & Community
Former Finland prime minister headed to Harvard
Esko Aho, former prime minister of Finland, has been appointed a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
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Campus & Community
Aldy to chair M-RCBG program
Joseph Aldy, assistant professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, has been named faculty chair of the Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
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Campus & Community
Mossavar-Rahmani Center welcomes new fellows
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School has welcomed a new crop of fellows.
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Campus & Community
Research papers draw acclaim
The Harvard Environmental Economics Program has awarded three prizes to Harvard students for the best research papers addressing a topic in environmental, energy, or resource economics.
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Campus & Community
Deadline approaches for John T. Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is accepting papers for a thesis prize for a graduating Harvard College senior.
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Campus & Community
M-RCBG fellows and scholars welcomed for 2010 spring semester
A former Brazilian electricity regulator and a management professor from the Indian Institute of Technology are among the incoming visitors being welcomed this spring at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).
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Campus & Community
Learning beyond the gates
Marcel Moran ’11, a biology concentrator, plans on a career in medicine. But last semester he stepped aside from problem sets and laboratory experiments to venture into a course called “Reinventing Boston: The Changing American City.”