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16 t Diary of a Crisis
The Kennedy School community responds to Haiti’s plight. Associate Dean for Harvard Kennedy School Magazine
Communications and Public Affairs is published two times a year by
22 t The Other Budget Crisis Away from the floodlights of Washington, local budget crises melodie Jackson mc/mpa 2001 John F. Kennedy
senior Director of Alumni Relations school of Government
have been lived in relative obscurity. Alumni on the front lines tell their stories.
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New York City Fire Department’s Chief of Counterterrorism and Emergency 79 John f. kennedy street
sarah abrams cambridge, massachusetts 02138 this magazine is printed on
Preparedness Joseph Pfeifer hksee 2006, mc/mpa 2008 works to keep New York City safe. Associate Editor Phone: [phone] opus matte and arbor matte
robert o’neill fax: [phone] with soy-based ink. the paper is
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Dear Reader, Texas Leads I read with interest School graduate, I wanted to Texas has 10,000 megawatts double the amount of wind-
your recent cover story titled share with your readers all that (mws) of installed wind energy; generated electricity provided
In May I had the pleasure of addressing our 2010 graduates and
“Catch the Wind.” As chairman we are doing here in the Lone that is more than any other state to our grid. By 2013, we expect
seeing them off as they prepared to take the next step in their
of the Public Utility Commission Star State to promote wind and all but a handful of coun- to have more than 18,500 mws
careers. They are an impressive group of people who not only
of Texas and a Harvard Kennedy generated energy. tries. While this level of wind of installed wind generation,
challenge themselves to constantly improve the world, but also
still represents only a small and our actual consumption
challenge those around them not to accept the way things are.
portion of our total installed of wind-generated energy will
Their passion for bringing justice, peace, and health to the
generation capacity, we are be significantly larger than it
world inspires me every day and offers us all much hope for the
beginning to experience signifi- is today.
future. Referring to the observation made by Professor Lant
cantly large penetrations of Texas is committed to renew-
Pritchett previously, I noted they came to the school when they
wind energy on our grid. For able energy, and we hope that
decided that they “absolutely, positively had to make the world
example, on the morning of other areas of the country, like
a better place.”
January 28, 2010, almost 20 the coasts of Maine, Rhode
The events occurring in the first six months of this year —
percent of the total demand for Island, and even Massachusetts,
the Haiti earthquake that killed more than a quarter of a
electricity was provided by wind- will soon “get on board.”
million people and left more than one million homeless; the
generated energy. Barry T. Smitherman
Gulf oil spill that, as I write, continues to wreak havoc; and
We are not, however, resting mc/mpa 1986
the collapse of Greece’s financial system, which destabilized
on our laurels. Texas has recently
markets across the world — all call for solutions that, by
developed transmission expan-
definition, are complex and far-reaching. And those ideas and
sion plans that will almost
approaches only come from committed individuals who have
chosen to serve the public good.
This issue features some of these extraordinary people,
Contradiction As the mother of a lesbian daughter An Inspiration The story on Lalita
such as our alumni who helped when tragedy struck Haiti
and grandmother of her family’s three children, I Booth, “Bright Future,” is very
earlier this year. As a senior usaid relief official, Greg Gottlieb
welcomed the article by Steve Nadis, “Finding moving and inspirational and
mc/mpa 1987 was there to coordinate the efforts of interna-
Common Ground,” in the Winter 2010 issue of from the look of things, it’s only a
tional relief organizations. Emergency medicine physician
Harvard Kennedy School Magazine. The article matter of time before she lands the
David Callaway mc/mpa 2009 helped develop an electronic
provided useful insight into Bohnett Foundation job of her dreams — I hope the
tracking system that ensures critical, follow-up for high-risk attract the best students, provide the most effective education,
funding for gay and lesbian mid-career officials who White House is reading this.
patients, and, René Aubry mc/mpa 2009, as he writes in his and to find powerful solutions to the world’s biggest public
each year join a broader set of Mid-Career fellows in This is a story that needs to be
personal account for the magazine, marshaled efforts to bring problems.
the Kennedy School Senior Executive Program. The read beyond hks Magazine — such
physicians to his homeland, an initiative that also helped him This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the school’s
write-up also showed what sustained connection and as in The New York Times or The
clarify his own course in life. mpa/id program a rigorous program of study that focuses on
dialogue can accomplish. Boston Globe — so that it can reach
In another feature, you will read about New York City some of the most difficult development issues facing our
But I wonder if anyone noticed an irony? many other people.
Fire Department’s Joe Pfeifer hksee 2006, mc/mpa 2008, world. When asked why he chose the Kennedy School, one
who is overseeing the transformation of the city’s emergency alum, Tim Bulman mpa/id 2007 noted: “It is the best program In the same issue, precisely opposite “Finding Wanja Njuguna mpa 2004
Common Ground,” the reader sees Robert O’Neill’s
preparedness efforts. You will also read in this issue about our of its type in the world.” The most common word I hear from
interview with the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, professor at
alumni who were chosen to participate in the highly selective alumni as I travel the world is “transformative.” It should be
Harvard Kennedy School, secretary for health care Welfare I felt compelled to write Consider if thousands of people
2009–2010 White House Fellows Program. easy to see why I love being dean.
and social services in the Archdiocese of Boston, and to your publication after reading got up each day and worked to create a
As dean, I am committed to providing our students with These are perilous times. We are proud of all that our
former president of Catholic Charities usa. The the article on Lalita Booth. As a more beautiful, healthy, and cleaner society
the leadership and technical skills to take on the daunting alumni, faculty, and staff are doing. We will continue to strive
author poses several broad questions to Fr. Hehir as current welfare recipient, job for everyone.
challenges they will encounter. Our curriculum continues to to make the school even better. The problems that demand
“someone concerned with ethics.” Yet nowhere is Fr. seeker, and college grad, I can This is an idea I’d like to take to
expand and evolve as we offer greater experienced-based our attention and the extraordinary people we train deserve
Hehir asked about a central act of his tenure as head relate somewhat to her situation. Congress and propose to each state, along
learning and off-site training. Our Acting in Time initiative is no less.
of Catholic Charities in Boston, which was his direc- I feel welfare reform could be most with a proposal for a smoking ban in public
focused on finding solutions to those predictable crises from
Dean David T. Ellwood tive in March 2006 to shut down that organization’s aptly carried out by creating land- places in all 50 states, from California to
climate change to pandemics to massive budget deficits that
July 2010 century-old adoption services rather than place any scaping jobs that cover three or Washington. I think this would be a great
one can easily see coming, yet people and nations are unwilling
n children with qualified parents who were gay or four days a week, and the rest of endeavor to pursue for the health of our
or unable to act. We continue to encourage students to look for di
new and innovative solutions, including those which cross the hi ra lesbian, as would be required by Commonwealth law. the time could be spent in an citizens and the country at large.
boundaries of government, civil society, and business. We are ht: Jos How did Fr. Hehir come to that decision, and how office setting, planning and Kenneth Law
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Housing Examined Why Public service
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research center hks Dean David T. Ellwood moderated a alumni Ed Norwood mc/mpa 2010 were part of a series of activities that
Kennedy Anniversary conference titled “Understanding the Housing Crisis” at the Federal (seated below) talks about his chosen included forum events, career workshops,
career path during hks public service and presentations. “Public service is not
Reserve Bank of Boston in May. Edward Glaeser, director of the Taubman
week in april. members of the kennedy only our mission, but the driver behind all
Center and the Rappaport Institute, two primary sponsors of the event,
school community had the chance to that we do,” wrote dean david t. ellwood
presented new research countering the conventional wisdom about what
share on video their stories about why in his message to the community at the
caused the housing bubble. The conference culminated with a discussion they chose to serve the public. the videos start of the weeklong series of events.
among academics and practitioners about how to reform housing policy
and how to improve housing development in the Boston area. “ Public
under Pressure service
research centers america’s 18-to-29- is not
year-olds are concerned about meeting their
Left to right: Boston only our
financial obligations, and almost half report that
Mayor Thomas Menino,
their personal situation is bad, according to a
Dean David T. Ellwood, mission,
Jerome Rappaport recent national poll by harvard’s Institute of
Politics (iop). among the u.s. undergraduate
but the
population, 45 percent are concerned about their
ability to stay in college given the state of the
r on the web economy. the poll also finds that young repub- driver
http://bit.ly/hks-housing-panel licans are showing more enthusiasm than young behind
democrats for participating in the upcoming
events the John f. kennedy President Kennedy The Real World mpliadnt eornm v eolteincgti,o cnosm: wpiatrhe 4d1 w piethrc 3e5n tp oefr creenptu obf licans all that r on the web
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along with the kennedy center for Convention students Each spring, first-year mpp students
the Performing arts, harvard
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events and digital tributes beginning this fall. hks and the a critical issue of the times. They attend lectures,
iop will mark the anniversary with numerous events and write memos, and make team presentations. This
activities, including multimedia projects, an hks day of year’s topic: “The Evolving u.s.-China Relation- Time’s Top 100 Executive Director
service, and panel discussions on the Peace corps, presi-
ship.” Experts from China were among the lectur-
dential debates, and the importance of public service. ers during the two-week exercise. students with alumni five degree program and executive education alumni were r on the web research center Charles
the best memos and team presentation will travel recognized by Time magazine as among the world’s 100 most influential http://bit.ly/hks-time-100 Clements was recently appointed
people for 2010. the honorees were:
to Washington in the fall to brief senior officials. executive director of the Carr
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Center for Human Rights Policy.
l Deborah Gist mc/mpa 2000, commissioner of rhode island schools
A human rights activist and public
l Lisa Jackson hksee 2003, administrator of the environmental Protection agency health physician, Clements served
Washington Appointees Commencement
l Stanley McChrystal hksee 1997, commander of u.s. military operations in afghanistan as president of the unitarian
alumni In March Florida native Orator l Annise Parker hksee 2005, mayor of houston, texas universalist service Committee
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Above, left to right: Laura Bacon, Kendric Robbins,
1964. “The idea of involving potential field to understand,” she says. “There’s no behind the front lines,” says Campbell, who Adam Taylor, and Nicole Campbell
leaders in learning about governance at question that this fellowship has opened is working at nasa on the agency’s Summer
alumni With 15 years in the U.S. Army, our government operates in a very up-close the highest levels came out of the 1960s, up possibilities that I never would have of Innovation education initiative. justice and international human rights
Kendric Robbins mpa 2004 has served in and personal way has given me a valuable when there was increasing distrust of the dreamed of.” For Adam Taylor mpp 2001, a fellowship and development.”
hot spots such as Bosnia and Iraq. Now, perspective that I’ll eventually bring to the government,” LeCuyer says. “We’re facing The fellowship also includes a number in the Executive Office of the President has Despite their diversity, the fellows are
as one of four Kennedy School alumni table in helping the Army and Department some of the same issues today, which makes of speakers and several group trips. For brought a 180-degree shift in perspective. linked by a common experience best
selected in 2009 as White House Fellows, of Defense achieve their organizational the purpose of the program more relevant Nicole Campbell mpp 2005, traveling to “Through the course of the year I’ve gained described as life-changing. “Being a White
Robbins is based closer to home, helping to and operational missions.” than ever.” New Orleans provided an opportunity to an appreciation for the constraints around House Fellow is like being a Marine,” says
launch a federal hiring initiative targeting According to Army Colonel Jack Although she’s uncertain of her imme- observe the intersecting roles played by governing and how decisions get made,” LeCuyer. “You’re never a ‘former’ Marine,
veterans. “I expect to serve in Washington LeCuyer mc/mpa 1973, executive director diate career path, Laura Bacon mpp 2009 private actors and the government — an says Taylor, a social justice advocate and and you’re never a ‘former’ fellow. It pro-
later in my military career,” says Robbins, of the White House Fellows Foundation expects her posting at the Department experience that fits well with her focus on Baptist minister. “That understanding will vides an understanding of how the govern-
who is working out of the Office of and Association, some 43 hks alumni have of Energy to dovetail with her long-term education philanthropy. “It’s interesting to be extremely valuable as I find a way to ment works that doesn’t go away, regardless
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Watching the Fresh start
I remember how beautiful it was. Watchers They reject us from every side. And villages . . . have been destroyed,
We had everything . why? Because we are sex workers. forcibly relocated, or abandoned. alumni Hanzo Van Beusekom hksee 2005 flips through a series wanted. He describes one early success: the agency’s effort to reduce
of projected slides detailing the process that helped transform the the sale of teakwood, a $700 million industry in the Netherlands
alumni It began, in a sense, with the nine Authority for the Financial Markets (afm) into a more effective that, while legal, was unscrupulously marketing a very high-risk
minutes and 22 seconds of grainy amateur video organization. Van Beusekom is telling his story to students in investment. Using the problem-solving approach Van Beusekom
George Holliday shot while standing on the Harvard Kennedy School Professor Malcolm Sparrow’s course had learned in class, the agency succeeded, through a creative mix
balcony of his Los Angeles apartment. The infa- “Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies,” of methods, in dramatically decreasing the exposure of Dutch
mous images of Rodney King being beaten by Los four years after he attended the course himself. investors to risk.
Angeles police officers and the riots that followed Van Beusekom explains how he applied the course’s principles. Today, with the restructuring almost complete, Van Beusekom
It’s been terrible since we moved the officers’ acquittal in 1992 showed the impact of This is how we have decided to Part of a brutal campaign of “It was a difficult organization to manage,” he says of the Dutch believes the afm is headed in the right direction. Almost 70 percent
here, so hot and dry. live our lives. repression and counter-insurgency.
citizens who turn the spotlight on those in power. financial regulatory agency when he arrived there, almost seven of the financial supervision division’s time is spent on problem-
Nearly two decades later, billions around the years ago. He describes its structure as broken into silos, with afm solving work. If the change is to succeed, Van Beusekom emphasizes,
world can shoot video (whether through mobile regulators monitoring financial activity by institution. recruiting creative, ambitious individuals who work well within a
phones or cameras) and share those images with a But the system wasn’t working, he says. “There were one or two less conventional management structure is critical.
global audience in real time with nothing more urgent issues that had already surfaced, and we knew they couldn’t afm’s success, says Sparrow, was the result of Van Beusekom’s
than a home computer and Internet access. As be dealt with within the existing structure.” Familiar with Sparrow’s solid grasp of the course’s core concepts and his ability to convey
Sam Gregory mpp 2000 says, “Video has become work in the strategic management of agencies similar to afm, he those concepts to his superiors. The agency also showed courage,
the vernacular of communications.” decided to attend the Executive Education class. he says, in experimenting with fundamental methodology. And
There are practices that are part of When we are on the streets nobody When we are hiding in the jungle
the upbringing of every Endorois. Gregory is program director for Witness, a gives a damn about us. we are in deep trouble. Created by Sparrow in 1997,
Brooklyn, New York-based nonprofit that uses the course helps senior-level
video to expose human rights abuses. It was regulators, managers, and
founded in 1992 by British musician Peter Gabriel, enforcement officials better
a longtime activist who saw in the Rodney King match their methods to
episode a model for using video in human rights different parts of their regula-
campaigns. tory mission. It also emphasizes
The group began with the simple strategy of a new management approach
The most painful problem is that sending out hand-held cameras to activists, but All these girls have painful stories. Politicians and civil society groups
of water. soon realized that most people weren’t able to The state should listen. . . . are beginning to call for action.
TRAnsFORMER
translate what they shot into compelling narra- Hanzo van Beusekom
tives. So over the years Witness has focused on sometimes conducts
business by bike.
helping human rights groups learn how to tell a
story and think strategically about who their audi-
ence is most likely to be, a single legislator or
that shifts an organization’s
members of an international organization, and
focus from process-based to
how they want that audience to react. Aside from
problem-based or risk-based.
We can no longer conduct ceremo- working directly with a few human rights groups I expect support from the police. Many villagers set off for the relative
nies for our people. safety of the border. Regulators organize their work
on specific campaigns, they offer training to
around problems that may
hundreds of activists a year (that number is
involve multiple institutions
expected to reach the thousands as Witness’s
they oversee, instead of dealing
training goes online). They will narrow their focus
with institutions one by one.
to two main issues: gender-based violence in the
Offered in the fall and spring,
context of armed conflict and political repression
the popular course has trained
and displacement caused by development.
more than 900 individuals.
Gregory also hopes to bring training to policy
We are not fighting with anybody. We should have rights like every- The country we live in is full of For Van Beusekom, the
schools, where he sees a gap in the way students
We are fighting with injustices. body else. suffering. course’s emphasis, finding
are taught to use new media. Last January he led a
specific problems and fixing them, appeared simple enough in finally, he says, the agency placed a strong emphasis on recruiting
workshop at Harvard Kennedy School. “It’s not
Rightful Place You Must Know About Me shoot on sight theory yet was extremely difficult to execute. As a middle manager analytical and creative staffers with the personal and social skills
about becoming a documentary maker,” Gregory
The video, produced by Witness Witness partnered with Healthy Calling attention to the violence at afm, he found that convincing his superiors upon returning to to work effectively in a fluid environment consisting of multiple
together with the Centre for says. “It’s about how all forms of advocacy are Options Project Skopje to in eastern Burma, where there
the Netherlands was his first challenge. “You’re back in the old project teams.
Minority Rights Development, influenced by media.” s rdo promote the rights of sex workers are more than 500,000 displaced
helped build a case for the in Macedonia. The video was people, the video aims to mobi- system and you’re the one with the new ideas and the one who Looking back, Van Beusekom is candid about missteps along
Endorois people of Kenya, who shown to the country’s top law lize support for the rights of needs to convince the others. It’s difficult.” the way: too many problems identified, not enough staff training,
wmearkee e wvaicyt efodr f aro nma ttuhreei rr elasnedrv teo econnfovricnecme ethnet mof fiofc itahles naenedd h feolrp ed tohf othsee scuofufnetrriny’gs abtr tuhtael h mainlidtsa ry miller He outlines his process: First he brought his bosses on board; inadequate attention to metrics. If you think about your own
and tourist facilities. greater trust between the police dictatorship and spur interna- ury then he identified the groups to be reorganized; next they identified organization, he warns, the changes should be “big enough not
and sex workers. tional organizations into action. ma problems; and finally they defined and measured the impact they to be too trivial,” but “don’t do it all at once.” s sa
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All Politics Is Local, Everywhere Crossing The street

Q a research Assistant Professor students For Tom Korona mc/mpa 2010, the financial crisis While their stories differ — some are intent on changing
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arrived early. After starting out in investment banking and private professions completely; others want to return to the field but
of Public Policy Tarek Masoud’s
tarek masoud equity management, he was working for a real estate finance with new sensibilities and priorities — many came to the Kennedy
teaching and research focuses company when the real estate market began to unravel in early School with a belief that finance should be a means more than
2007. It was the beginning of approximately two years of working an end, and with the realization that the public sector will come
on issues surrounding
to play a more important role in the world of finance.
contemporary governments, with a particular emphasis on the Bill Werkmeister mc/mpa 2010 says that for him, a sense of
unease with Wall Street had begun long before the 2008 crisis.
major political, economic, social, and security challenges facing Tom Korona mc/mpa 2010
Werkmeister worked in a division of Solomon Smith Barney that
the Middle East. He was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2009. worked in l investment banking, structured mortgage-backed securities. In 2005 he left to start his
private equity management, real
own development and venture funds, eventually joining Calton
estate finance
Q
How is democracy faring in the Middle East? while volunteering l youth work,
school board
Most people would say that the Middle East is doing fairly well on holding regular
elections for presidents and legislatures, but not necessarily on democracy. Some next move l charitable foundation
argue that elections actually help dictators manipulate their potential opponents, and investment management
distracting them from street protests or other activities that have more potential to
bring real change. I’m a little more optimistic. Elections always contain within them
Bill Werkmeister mc/mpa 2010
the promise of uncertainty. Regimes try to engineer the results they want, but they
worked in l mortgage-backed
can fail. Election rigging itself can sometimes serve as a focal point around which the “ it was a reaction to
securities, investment banking in
opposition can unite, as it did in the Philippines in 1986. The Middle East’s imperfect
socially responsible ventures
wall street and the
elections may be a back door through which democracy might yet sneak through.
next move l business school,
Q ethics of wall street.” consulting on socially responsible
After 9/11, the Middle East became a source of great interest to people in
ventures
the united states. Yet for many in the West, this part of the world remains a
mystery. What are some of the greatest misconceptions about the region?
The misperception I find I have to deal with most is that democracy in the Middle
East would bring to power Islamic political parties with illiberal and anti-Western naushard Cader mc/mpa 2010
views. It’s not an unfounded fear, but it neglects the fact that people in the Middle
worked in l financial sector
East tend to vote for those who can provide real material improvements in their daily
consulting
lives. So far, these have not necessarily been Islamists, or even members of ruling
while founding l nonprofit for
parties, but rather local notables who are an important part of the social fabric,
helping education in india and Hill, an investment bank and consultancy that focuses on
particularly in rural areas. These voting patterns would most likely continue with
ecuador
raising capital for socially beneficial ventures.
further democratization.
next move l low-cost money- “It was a reaction to Wall Street and the ethics of Wall
Q
transfer service for immigrants Street,” he says about his move. At the Kennedy School he has
After President Obama spoke in Cairo last spring, you wrote that his
been able to immerse himself in public policy, which he says is
speech succeeded beyond expectations. A year later, how do you believe
increasingly important, especially in investment projects, such
President Obama is doing in advancing goodwill between the Western and
as clean energy, where states are important players.
Muslim worlds?
excessive hours each week. It was also a time of soul-searching. “I want to use the tools of finance, but I want to use them
Obama’s speech was criticized as being all “atmospherics,” but atmospherics are
For a few years he had volunteered for a nonprofit that helped in the social sector,” he says.
important, especially in light of what came before. In terms of concrete policies: The
prevent child abuse and neglect and for the finance committee Naushard Cader mc/mpa 2010 says his year at the Kennedy
reality is that our options in the Middle East are fairly limited. We have long-standing
of a local school. School allowed him to gain perspective on social venture ideas
interests and alliances that make it difficult — and probably undesirable — to try to
“It had always seemed more of a ‘when,’ not ‘if,’ question,” sparked by his career as a consultant for large financial
construct an entire policy de novo.
Korona says about his decision to leave his job in finance. “In a institutions. He had begun to volunteer, despite a hectic
But if there is a change we should make, it is in the way we think about the Middle
way the crisis helped; it made it a little bit easier to make a move.” schedule, even starting his own nonprofit. But he soon realized
East. We tend to view the region primarily as a domain of security threats that need
The Kennedy School has always attracted students from, and that businesses could be a powerful social change agent and he
to be contained. But we also need to think about it as a source of human potential
had alumni working in, the world of finance. In one sense, the wanted to use his business background for “something good
that we can help nurture. Shifting our focus from security to development won’t just
degree program students who came to the school from Wall and more meaningful.”
be good for the people of the region; it will be good for
Street (at least a dozen in the Mid-Career class of 2010) in the Together with a half-dozen colleagues from his class, Cader
us. Healthy economies and societies are ones that are less
summer of 2009 were no different. But they had experienced the is now working to establish a money-transfer service for immi-
rhttp :/o/bnit .tlyh/hek sw-tearbek-masoud lwikoerlryi etdo apbrooduut.c se th es akinds of security threats we’re ha stewart Gworeraldt Rmeacreksseitos no nan tdh et hfreo finnt alinnceisa.l crisis that threatened to topple gra“nCtso amt ian rge ahseorne ahbellep ceods mt.e clarify my ideas and connect with
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10 harvard kennedy school 11
TIMOTHY BuLMAn mpa/id 2007
DORA DOuGLAss mpa/id 2004 from Australia
from usa employment Country Economist
A Deep
World Bank, Indonesia
employment Deputy Director
Concern for u.s. Treasury Department, why hks it’s the best program of its type in the world,
united states combining the rigor of advanced economics with
Others recent accomplishments a strong sense of how it is relevant to real-world
i’ve worked on a broad
development problems.
range of issues, from MuTsA CHIROnGA mpa/id 2006
mpa/id students, says multilateral development from south Africa
program director carol finney bank assistance in latin employment Engagement Manager
McKinsey & Co., south Africa
mpp 1984, have one desire america to the g-20’s
in common. while they international financial why hks throughout the two
years i learned a lot from my
come from a wide variety of regulatory reform and
mpa/id classmates who hailed
countries and backgrounds, repair to macroeconomic
from 29 different countries and
they are all committed to developments in europe.
whose past work experience
improving the lives of people
and ideas for the future were
in developing countries.
nothing short of inspirational.
“they share a deep concern
for others,” she says of the
654 graduates who have gone
on to work for international
organizations and nonprofits
and governments. “they could
have chosen any number of
professions,” says finney, who
has headed the program since
ERIKA sTRAnD mpa/id 2006
its inception, in fall 1999, “but
from Mexico
these exceptionally talented
employment Chief of social Policy
students are committed unicef, Mexico
to making a difference in career goal i hope to help
countries where progress is government make sound policy
desperately needed.” choices that promote the well-being
of children and the fulfillment of all
their rights.
r on the web
http://bit.ly/hks-mpa-id
PREYA sHARMA mpa/id 2009
CHEsTER CHuA mpa/id 2007
from united Kingdom
from singapore
employment Head of Emerging Markets
employment Head of International Relations
Her Majesty’s Treasury, united Kingdom
Ministry of Finance, singapore
recent accomplishment i oversaw the successful why hks i didn’t want to just understand how
we have come to live in a world where so
completion of two mega-resorts, which attracted a
many people live in poverty; i also wanted
combined foreign investment of more than $10 billion,
to learn how you can develop good policy to
transformed the urban landscape of singapore, and
do something about it — and that’s definitely
rejuvenated the entire tourism industry in singapore.
ni
nit sakaki what i got.
ta
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::
from the CHARLEs | summer 2010 | www.hks.harvard.edu
footprint big IDEAs
the mpa/id program trains individuals from around the world for careers in
development. the map below shows where mpa/id students come from
and where they are working in the world.
Responding to Atrocities Micro social Capital
“while the economic
research samplings
every situation of mass killing is unique and benefits of microfinance are well known. it has
requires a tailored response, there are some helped connect the poorest and the most
sectors they work in l 60% public service l 22% international organizations, 20% public sector, 13% nonprofits, 5% educational institutions l
common themes and distinctions that have marginalized to credit and banking services
40% private sector l 12% consulting, 1% media, 27% other l gender breakdown l 41% women, 59% men
important implications for operational and across the developing world. but a new study
political planning for intervention. having a by the kennedy school’s rohini Pande,
“ Policymakers and
shared understanding of these distinctions co-authored with benjamin feigenberg of
and implications, thinking systematically patient advocates mit and erica field of harvard’s faculty of arts
through the risks and trade-offs, and and sciences, reveals a related benefit of
dedicating resources to advance planning are reluctant to microfinance: the building of social capital,
where they come from
and training are all extremely important if we in the form of networks that result in trust,
where they work ever hope to move mass atrocity and genocide acknowledge that cooperative behavior, and mutual aid. “by
response out of the ‘too difficult’ box and broadening and deepening social networks,
in a world of scarce
into the realm of real possibility for our microfinance institutions may have an
political leadership.” important influence on the growth potential
resources it will
:: of poor communities and the empowerment
from the foreword to Mass Atrocity
not be enough to of women beyond the role of credit provision,”
Response Operations, A Military Planning
the authors write.
Handbook, by sarah sewall
eliminate waste:
we will have to
Developing Leadership
unmarried Fathers
the phenom-
make active choices “leadership contributes to change when it
enon of single mothers has been studied and
builds change space — where leaders foster
analyzed intensively, but unwed fathers have
in our public acceptance for change, grant authority to
largely gone unobserved. in Why Do Poor Men
change (with accountability), and introduce
Have Children? Fertility Intentions Among insurance programs or free the abilities necessary to achieve
Low-Income Unmarried U.S. Fathers, kennedy
change. change space is especially enhanced
school sociologists kathryn edin and timothy between increasing
where leadership facilitates open access
nelson look at why men have children, how
societies and learning organizations in which
they remain involved as parents, and how their the number of
members are empowered — in groups — to
children affect them and their behavior. in
people covered pursue change through problem solving.”
Journals shine interviews with 171 men from the Philadelphia
::
area, the researchers found that although the harvard kennedy school’s matthew
and increasing the
pregnancies were often unplanned, most of andrews, with co-authors Jesse mcconnell of
students Harvard Kennedy School’s six student journals Editor-in-chief of Women’s Policy the men reported being happy; many even generosity of that reform development consulting and alison
said that having a child prompted them to wescott of the world bank institute, in
are receiving global recognition, according to faculty advisor Journal of Harvard Azadeh Pourzand
Richard Parker, who notes that the journals are currently mpp 2011 says the experience was a reassess their behavior and change their coverage.” “development as leadership-led change.”
lives. fatherhood also offers many of the men,
among the top policy websites in their fields on Google. great challenge, but also one that
who are shut out of the labor market or doing ::
Published annually, the student-run journals provide helped her to better define her amitabh chandra, Uncomfortable
incisive analysis and commentary by policymakers, practi- career course. “I’ve always been low-level work, benefits they cannot gain Arithmetic — Whom to Cover Versus Work and Babies off-farm employ-
by other means. “for these guys . . . children
tioners, and scholars across a variety of issues. This year passionate about defending are an alternative source of connectivity, What to Cover ment for rural chinese women reduces both
the number of children they have and the
topics range from the effects of community violence on women’s rights,” says Pourzand, accomplishment, and identity,” says nelson.
number they want to have, according to a new
African American youth, to Asian American community “but this experience helped me to
study by Professor richard Zeckhauser and
organizing, to peacemaking in Darfur. understand how I want to get our
university, studied the bri and found that it three co-authors. “employment reduces a
According to Parker, the journals offer their message across.” Helping Prisoners
among the many led to a reduction in recidivism of about 30 married woman’s actual number of children
student editors an invaluable introduction to the The six journals are:
programs being implemented across the percent. a key to the initiative, and a likely by 0.64, her preferred number by 0.48, and
world of publishing. The editors l Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy country to help prisoners and newly released contributor to its success, is its development her probability of having more than one child
solicit articles, edit, and follow the (www.hks.harvard.edu/hjhp) convicts integrate more effectively into society, of a customized “transition accountability by 54.8 percent,” the study found.
publications through to produc- l Harvard Kennedy School Review (www.hks.harvard.edu/ksr) the boston reentry initiative stands out for plan,” which involves a range of services
tion. “Many of them arrive saying l Asian American Policy Review (www.hks.harvard.edu/aapr) its focus on the most violent inmates, says tailored to individual needs. these services
they’d like to see their own l Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy harvard kennedy school’s anthony braga. include education, vocational training, and
work published someday; (www.hks.harvard.edu/hjaap) braga, with co-authors david hureau of the treatment for substance abuse and mental
kennedy school and anne Piehl of rutgers health issues. mentors meet regularly with
a year later, they leave knowing l Africa Policy Journal (www.hksafricapolicyjournal.com)
inmates — starting soon after they enter jail
exactly how professional journal l Women’s Policy Journal of Harvard
and continuing until 12 to 18 months after their
editors make hard choices among (www.hks.harvard.edu/wpjh).
release — to assist them in lining up housing,
competing writers and what goes A recent redesign offers the 2010 journals a fresher, more
jobs, and transportation while helping them
into editing excellence.” cohesive look. Supported by Harvard Kennedy School, they
resist the negative aspects of street life.
are available both in hard copy and online.
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The January earThquake in haiTi, one of the most devastating natural disasters of our
time, resulted in more than 250,000 fatalities, 300,000 injuries, and more than 1 million
people losing their homes. kennedy School students, faculty, staff, and alumni responded
to the disaster. in the following pages, three alumni share their stories.
Diary of a CriSiS
Looking A Defining Rewriting
for Home in Moment the Rules
the Rubble
david callaway greg gottlieb
mc/mpa 2009 mc/mpa 1987
rené aubry
A doctor responds A usaid assessment
mc/mpa 2009
A native takes action
It has been written we can It had been only a few Greg Gottlieb mc/mpa 1987,
never go home again; that days since the earthquake on the phone from Port-
there are no second acts in had struck Haiti. David au-Prince, describes the
[one’s] life. I always inter- Callaway mc/mpa 2009, situation in Haiti: “You
preted that phrase to mean an emergency medicine can’t believe it’s 90 minutes
because we change and doctor and director of the from Miami. It’s as bad as
grow over time, we cannot Operational Medicine any place I’ve been.”
truly revisit the places from Institute (omi), was Gottlieb speaks with
which we come. More often conducting a rapid needs some authority about
than not, the buildings and assessment when he came natural disasters and the
people are still there, much across a surgeon walking devastation they leave
like when we return for a out of the operating room. behind. In the last 25 years,
high school reunion; every- “I have done 20 ampu- he has traveled to more than
thing seems the same, but tations in the past 24 30 countries as a sen ior
we are different. However, hours,” the exhausted emergency relief official
what does it mean if both surgeon told him. with the U.S. Agency for
the person and the place “So how do you know International Development
have changed? What does it where the patients go after (usaid). In 2005, after a
mean when all that is left is you operate on them?” tsunami wreaked havoc in
rubble and memories and Callaway asked. Asia, he traveled to coastal
the nostalgic pain that is The surgeon looked towns throughout the
associated with both? Those blankly at him, Callaway region coordinating relief
are the questions I was remembers. It was in part efforts. The following year
forced to answer when I profound fatigue. It was he worked in earthquake-
returned to my native Haiti also a realization that the ravaged Pakistan.
a few weeks after the earth- huge volume of victims and Just weeks after the
quake on January 12 of this ever-growing pool of volun- January earthquake, Gott-
year, after an event that teers were creating a devas- lieb arrived in Haiti from
René Aubry, who worked at Citigroup in New seemed to shake loose and tating operational gap. his current post in Namibia
York before attending hks, amid the ruins beR take away everything. The Surgery was merely the first as usaid’s coordinator with
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