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Student Stories: How Pioneering Farmers are Overcoming Barriers in Azerbaijan
September 30, 2025
Palakshi Nerkar is a second-year MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School. She was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2025 Summer Internship Program and contributed to ongoing research in Azerbaijan. Why did […]
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Student Stories: Supporting Morocco’s Industrial Sector from the Inside
September 23, 2025
Adin Becker is a third-year Master in Public Administration and Master in Urban Planning dual-degree student at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He was […]
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Student Stories: A Policy Lens on Electricity Affordability and Life in Nigeria
September 18, 2025
Chu Fang is a second-year MPA/ID student at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2025 Summer Internship Program and contributed to ongoing research in Nigeria. […]
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Student Stories: Learning How to Think Like an Economist in Baku
January 9, 2025
Ethan Gacek is a dual-degree Master in Public Policy and Master in Business Administration student at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. He was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2024 Summer Internship […]
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Student Stories: A ‘Diagnostic Eye’ on Green Growth and the Little Things in Morocco
January 8, 2025
Zihaul Abdi is a second-year MPA/ID student at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2024 Summer Internship Program and contributed to an ongoing project with […]
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Student Stories: Evaluating Tourism Data and the Culture in Morocco
January 8, 2025
Gustavo Sousa Torres is a second-year MPA/ID student at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2024 Summer Internship Program and contributed to an ongoing project […]
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Student Stories: Looking into Interest Rate Margins in Azerbaijan
January 8, 2025
Masato Nakajima is a second-year MPP Candidate at HKS. He was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2024 Summer Internship Program and contributed to our team working with the Azerbaijan Ministry […]
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Student Stories: Building Coding Skills to Diagnose Structural Constraints in Morocco’s Labor Market
November 23, 2024
Valeria Churango is a second-year MPA/ID student at Harvard Kennedy School. She was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2024 Summer Internship program and contributed to the ongoing project in Morocco. […]
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Student Stories: Developing the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan
October 30, 2024
Hussaini Shan-e-Abbas is a second-year student in the Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) Program at Harvard Kennedy School. He was accepted into the Growth Lab’s 2024 Summer […]
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Student Stories: The Green Transition and Aguachile in Hermosillo, Mexico
October 24, 2024
Bryan Tam is a second-year MPA/ID student at Harvard Kennedy School. Bryan was accepted into our Summer Internship program and contributed to our ongoing project examining productive diversification in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Why did […]