On July 09, 2012, the Republic of South Sudan celebrated its first year anniversary. The previous year, on November 11, 2011, it submitted an application to formally join the East African Community (EAC), a regional organization consisting of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. South Sudan, a landlocked country in East Africa, emerged from four […]

Overview: illustrating the challenge in supporting producers and consumers through agricultural policies A pressing challenge facing Ethiopia today is one that has long been a dilemma facing many African governments. This paper discusses the challenge of supporting smallholder farmers while ensuring benefits for consumers. Attaining a balance often involves a tradeoff when policy and economic […]

Abstract Delivering health services to vulnerable populations is a significant challenge in many countries. Groups vulnerable to social, economic, and environmental challenges may not be considered or may be impacted adversely by the health policies that guide such services.We report on the application of EquiFrame, a novel policy analysis framework, to ten Namibian health policies, […]

In 1961, I received an invitation from Sargent Shriver to join the newly created Peace Corps. I was a 1959 alumna of the Experiment in International Living that had been directed by Shriver. My husband and I applied and on May 22nd of that year received a congratulatory letter signed by John F. Kennedy. By […]

By Zach Crowley MC-MPA ’13 and Richard Witt MC-MPA’13 Many Americans own assault rifles and large magazine clips, and no one has yet offered a widely-accepted policy for keeping these weapons away from unstable Americans who might use them for tragic purposes.  Common sense dictates that American liberty must be preserved, but common sense also […]

By Cristina Garmendia, MPP ’13, Correspondent Mat Morgan took it as a good sign when Forbes told him the headshot he provided them was terrible. A few weeks and one hastily-taken replacement photo later – courtesy of a friend with an iPhone – Morgan was recognized in Forbes Magazine for being one of their “30 […]

By Anthony Barrows, MC/MPA ’13, Staff Writer Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but HKS students know that we don’t need a manufactured holiday to give us an excuse for a nice night out with a sweetheart. These three restaurants are all fine places to impress a date. Marliave One of my favorite restaurants of […]

The announcement of Geoffrey Canada as the HKS 2013 Graduation Speaker evoked quite a bit of discussion.  In a Harvard Kennedy School group on Facebook.com, a thread on the choice of speaker exploded – at last count, there were 47 comments. We invited quite a few of these students to share their views with the […]

 By Zaher Nahlé, MC/MPA’13, Staff Writer  I sat down with Kenneth Feinberg, currently a lecturer of law at Harvard Law School (HLS), for an exclusive interview with The Citizen. Feinberg was teaching a J-term course on Advanced Dispute Systems Design at HLS. Feinberg has a long list of accomplishments. He has served as the Special […]

By The Citizen Staff Harvard University is taking steps to address a resounding concern among the student body about responsibly investing the university’s $30.7 billion endowment managed by the Harvard Management Company (HMC). Recently, HMC created a new position called the Vice President (VP) of Sustainable Investing, a week after the very first student-initiated referendum […]

By Deloris Wilson, MPP’14, Contributor With a packed house, the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum welcomed a screening of the award-winning documentary, “The House I Live In.” Acclaimed by The New York Times as “fearless,” the film examines the economic and political perpetuation of the War on Drugs, as well as its detrimental effects. With […]

By Chrissie Long, Staff Writer, MPP’14 Though graduation is still three months away, it’s time to begin booking hotels for out-of-town guests. With Boston’s large student population, hotels become saturated in May and prices begin to climb. You’ll be elbowing other gown-laden students and their camera-carrying parents for the marginal hotels, if you leave this […]