#  Eliana La Ferrara 

Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar.

Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

 

 

 



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 location\_on 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 email <elaferrara@hks.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [Personal website](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/eliana-la-ferrara) 

 

 



 

**Research interests:** Development economics and political economics, particularly on the role of social factors in economic development.



 

 

 





 

 

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