CID Archive: Completed/Old Research Programs & Projects

• The Access Project for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Completed 2002)
• Africa Research Program (Completed 2002)
• Andean Competitiveness Project (Completed 2002)
• "Assessing the Effectiveness of the GFATM in Resource Allocation and Disbursement: The Case of Thailand" (David Chipanta) (Completed 2005)
• "Assessing Medical Insurance in China" (Nicole Szlezák)
• "Beyond Borders: Transnational Civil Society Networked Governance and China's Engagement in Transboundary Environmental Management" (Erik Nielsen) (Completed 2006)
• CAER II Project: Consulting Assistance on Economic Reform 1995-2000 (Completed 2000)
• "Causal Linkages between Local Development and Local Leadership in the Royal Bafokeng Nation" (J. Andrew Harris) (Completed 2006)
• "Chinese Farming Women Participating in an Environmental Education Program: An Ethnographic Study" (Julia Taylor Broussard)
• Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (Completed 2001)
• Competitiveness Research (in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, from 1999-2002)
• "Constraints of Decentralization in Honduras" (Annette Richter) (Completed 2005)
• "Consumption, Nutrition, and Health Among the Ultra-Poor" (Nolan Miller and Robert T. Jensen) (Completed 2007)
• "Contraceptive Behaviors of Young Women in Mexico: An Analysis of the Oportunidades Program" (Becca Feldman)
• "Corporate Accountability, Responsibility and Regulation in Emerging Markets" (Sanjeev Khagram) (Completed 2005)
• "Corruption and Political Horizons" (Mario Gamboa-Cavazos) (Completed 2006)
• "Decentralization Policy and Corruption in Peru" (Aaron Ausland and Alfonso Tolmos) (Completed 2005)
• "Determinants and Impacts of Saving for Low Income Microcredit Clients in Chile" (Felipe Kast and Dina Pomeranz) (Completed 2007)
• "Does School Quality Matter? Evidence from a Randomized School Choice Experiment in Beijing" (Wei Ha)
• Dominican Initiative (Completed 2001)
• "Economics and Politics of Pricing in Global and West African Cotton Markets" (Michael Ignatieff and Michael Walton) (Completed 2006)
• "Education and Menstruation in Nepal" (Emily Oster and Rebecca Thornton) (Completed 2006)
• "The Effects of Counterfeits on Market Prices, Innovations, and Social Welfare" (Yi Qian)
• "The Effects on Rural Livelihoods of Increasing Rates of HIV/AIDS-related Illness and Death in Zomba, Malawi: A Longitudinal Study" (Pauline Peters) (Completed 2007)
• Emerging Africa Project (Completed 2002)
• "Encouraging Textile and Apparel Exports from Egypt" (Salim Maherali) (Completed 2005)
• Environment & Sustainable Development (Completed 2003) (Included research in the following areas: Forest Management, Land Use, Urban & Industrial Management, Natural Resource Management, Climate Change, Financial Instruments, Forest Integrity Network)
• "Estimating Economic Consequences of Health Shocks: Getting Around the Chicken and the Egg Problem" (Manoj Mohanan) (Completed 2006)
• "Exposure to Multiple Childhood Disease Risk Factors: Multi-country Analysis Using the Demographic and Health Surveys" (Majid Ezzati and Emmanuela Gakidou) (Completed 2007)
• Globalization and Development Program (As of 2006, Globalization and Development projects are housed under CID's Growth Lab)
• "Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance" (Merilee Grindle) (Completed 2007)
• "Governance à la Carte: The Politics of Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa" (Sandra Sequeira)
• "Growth Diagnostics" (Ricardo Hausmann, Dani Rodrik, and Andrés Velasco) (Completed 2007)
• Harvard Institute for International Development (Closed 2002)
• Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Relief (Completed 2002)
• HIID/CID Initiative on Climate Change (Completed 2002)
• "The Household Decision to Care for an Orphan in South Africa: Does AIDS Matter?" (Iris Boutros)
• "How Educational Vouchers Work: Evidence from Vocational Schools in Colombia" (Juan E. Saavedra) (Completed 2006)
• Human Resources & Development Program (Completed 2005)
• "The Impact of HIV/AIDS Funding on Health System Infrastructure: Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa" (Alexandra Zuber) (Completed 2005)
• "The Impact of Strengthening Land Rights on Access to Credit: Evidence from a Large-Scale Land Titling Project in India" (Philipp Schnabl) (Completed 2006)
• "The Impact of the Hajj" (Asim Khwaja and Michael Kremer) (Completed 2007)
• "Implementing a Soy Bean Cluster Initiative in Bolivia" (Joe Hsueh and Eduardo Peinado) (Completed 2005)
• "Improving Quality: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Relationships Between In-Service Teacher Training, Learner-Centered Pedagogy, and Student Achievement" (Benjamin Piper) (Completed 2007)
• India Program (Competed 2002)
• "Information, Elections, and Decentralization in East Africa" (J. Andrew Harris)
• Information Technologies Group (Now housed at http://www.cyber.law.harvard.edu/itg)
• Kazakhstan Program (Completed 2005)
• "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Industry" (James Robinson) (Completed 2007)
• "Low-Income Women and Civic Participation in Education in India" (Anju Saigal)
• Malaria, Economics, and Human Affairs Program (Completed 2003)
• "Measuring the Peace Dividends of Development Assistance Projects" (Victoria Salinas) (Completed 2005)
• "Men at War: Do Countries with More Men Experience More Conflict?" (Emily Oster) (Completed 2005)
• "A Method for Rapid Participatory Land Use and Habitation Planning Using Information and Geospatial Technologies: The Case of the Osa Region of Costa Rica" (Juan Carlos Vargas-Moreno) (Completed 2007)
• "Microeconomic Impact of Institutional Change in Afghan Villages" (Andrew Beath)
• "The Nature of Parental Involvement in Children's Schooling in a Poor Rural Province in Northwestern China" (Peggy Kong)
• "New Exports, Productivity, and Growth" (Dani Rodrik) (Completed 2007)
• "Payments for Ecosystem Services: Efficiency, Equity and Environment Outcomes in Southeast Asia" (Kelsey Jack)
• "Peace Through Victory: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars" (Monica Toft) (Completed 2007)
• "The Political Economy of the District Assembly Common Fund in Ghana" (Afua Branoah Banful)
• "Relating Political Conflict to the Performance of Africa's Economies, While Correcting for the Impact of Endogeneity" (Robert H. Bates) (Completed 2006)
• "Repayment Schedules and Default Rates of Micro-credit Clients" (Erica Field and Rohini Pande) (Completed 2007)
• Rule of Law in Political and Economic Development Program (Completed 2005)
• "Scaling up the Rapid Strip Test in Bolivia" (Alissa Fishbane) (Completed 2005)
• Science, Environment and Development Program (As of 2007, SED activities are housed under CID's Sustainability Science Program)
• Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) (Completed 2004)
• Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Genetic Divide Project (Completed 2004)
• "Self Discovery and the Level and Volatility of the Real Exchange Rate" (Ricardo Hausmann) (Completed 2007)
• "Sexuality and its Relationship to HIV Transmission in Post-Conflict Societies: The Case of Sierra Leone" (Adia Benton)
• "Social Norms and Formal Laws: A Case of Chinese Rural Women’s Land Rights" (Pengyu He) (Completed 2006)
• "Strategy for the Development of Rural Economy of Peru in Light of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S." (Jessica Luna) (Completed 2005)
• "Subsidized Credit for the Poor: A Randomized Experiment" (Quoc-Ahn Do)
• Sustainable Development Program (Completed as of September 2005 - this program was renamed Science, Environment and Development; as of 2007, SED activities are housed under the Sustainability Science Program)
• "Sustainable Upland Forest Systems: The Role of Institutions in Improving Ecological Resilience and Smallholder Livelihoods" (William C. Clark) (Completed 2007)
• "A Theory of the Developing Economy Firm: Institutional Adaptivity to Risk and Uncertainty" (A. Hazel Mukuna Mugo) (Completed 2006)
• "The Transition from Relief to Development: A Case Study for the American Refugee Committee (ARC) in Uganda" (Suzanna Chapman)
• "Violence in Chicago and Medellín: A Cross-city Comparison of Neighborhood Influences on Violence" (Magdalena Cerda)
• "Young Lives: Household Diversification and Child Well-Being in Vietnam" (Ngoc Anh Tran)

Completed Projects and List of Sponsored Activities

CID is grateful to the many institutions and individuals listed below, without whose generous support our research and policy advising activities could not take place.