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  • May 2009
  • Teaching Note

The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Eric D. Werker
Teaching Note for [709024] and [709052]. View Details
Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Nutrition; Food; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Poverty
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Werker, Eric D. "The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 709-053, May 2009.
  • March 26, 2007
  • Article

KPMG for Mayor!

By: Eric D. Werker
Keywords: Government and Politics
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Werker, Eric D. "KPMG for Mayor!" Forbes 179, no. 6 (March 26, 2007): 40.
  • 03 Mar 2008
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sufficient capital the opportunity to open a bank and issue bank notes (a widely accepted form of paper money at the time). The bill also required that every note issued by a New York bank be fully backed by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2007
  • Working Paper

How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

By: Eric D. Werker, Faisal Z. Ahmed and Charles Cohen
We use oil price fluctuations to construct a new instrument to test the impact of transfers from wealthy OPEC nations to their poorer Muslim allies. The instrument identifies plausibly exogenous variation in foreign aid. We investigate how aid is spent by tracking its... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Asia
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Werker, Eric D., Faisal Z. Ahmed, and Charles Cohen. "How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Natural Experiment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-074, April 2007. (Revised December 2007, July 2008.)
  • December 10, 2013
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A Market-based Mechanism to Improve Capital Expenditures

By: Eric D. Werker
Keywords: Finance; Infrastructure; Debt; Political Risk; Expenditure; Ghana; Africa
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Werker, Eric D. "A Market-based Mechanism to Improve Capital Expenditures." Ideas for Africa (December 10, 2013).
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Power to the People

By: Eric D. Werker

Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India
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Werker, Eric D. "Power to the People." Foreign Policy, no. 169 (November–December 2008).
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

about their skilled employees (i.e., their winemakers), including the names of certain former employers of these individuals. Yes, But Weak States Can Be Coaxed Creatively Author: Eric D. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

By: Eric D. Werker
This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Liberia
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Werker, Eric D. "Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences." International Growth Centre Working Paper, April 2013.
  • 2000
  • Other Unpublished Work

The Urban/Rural Fertility Differential in The Gambia: Explaining the Gap

By: Eric D. Werker
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Werker, Eric D. "The Urban/Rural Fertility Differential in The Gambia: Explaining the Gap." 2000. (Harvard College Senior Thesis.)
  • 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

contacts, and incompatible with the structures of large multinationals. Local Company Politics: A Proposal Authors:Ray Fisman and Eric Werker Periodical:Capitalism and Society 2, no. 1 (March 2007) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

  PublicationsClusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution Authors:Christian H.M. Ketels Publication:Chap. 10 in Competition and Competitive Advantage: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173-192.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 27

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=972044 Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Publication:The World Bank Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 23, 2006
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The Search for Security

By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker
Keywords: Safety
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Fisman, Raymond, and Eric D. Werker. "The Search for Security." Mastering Uncertainty Financial Times (March 23, 2006).
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations

By: Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric D. Werker
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Kuziemko, Ilyana, and Eric D. Werker. "How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-029, January 2006. (Revised June 2006.)
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The End of Foreign Investment in Russia?

By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Russia
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Fisman, Raymond, and Eric D. Werker. "The End of Foreign Investment in Russia?" Forbes.com (October 13, 2009).
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

Influence (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four laboratory studies, we find that regulatory focus induced View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

workers; and the production of knowledge, including the idea of the economy, among other topics. Together, the essays suggest emerging themes in the field: a fascination with capitalism as it is made by political authority, how it is... View Details
  • July 24, 2013
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Detroit Has Filed For Bankruptcy. Now What? The Long View

By: Eric D. Werker and Benjamin Kennedy
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Detroit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Michigan
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Werker, Eric D., and Benjamin Kennedy. "Detroit Has Filed For Bankruptcy. Now What? The Long View." Forbes.com (July 24, 2013).
  • May 2013
  • Teaching Note

Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A and B)

By: Eric D. Werker and Ian Cornell
Keywords: Privatization; Energy Industry; Nigeria
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Werker, Eric D., and Ian Cornell. "Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A and B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 713-053, May 2013.
  • 2001
  • Working Paper

Refugees in Arua District: A Human Security Analysis

By: Lucy Hovil and Eric D. Werker
Keywords: Refugees; Safety; Human Needs; Uganda
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Hovil, Lucy, and Eric D. Werker. "Refugees in Arua District: A Human Security Analysis." Refugee Law Project Working Paper, No. 3, September 2001.
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