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...recent article on my departure from Harvard (“Summers Neglected CID, Says Ex-Chief,” news, Sep. 14) conveys the false impression that I left because of disagreement with Larry Summers or because there is no commitment at Harvard to the study of development. To the contrary, I think Larry Summers is a tremendous asset for the university and for those who care about global poverty at Harvard...

Author: By Mark R. Rosenzweig, | Title: CID Ex-Chief: No Disagreement With Summers | 9/19/2005 | See Source »

This is part of the statement I sent to The Crimson reporter when he was writing the article: “I believe in CID, and I did not go to Yale because of unhappiness with Harvard, but because of the more assured and superior resources and somewhat more agreeable intellectual directions at Yale, where I was once a faculty member...

Author: By Mark R. Rosenzweig, | Title: CID Ex-Chief: No Disagreement With Summers | 9/19/2005 | See Source »

...lives of the world’s poorest people by 2015. There are few issues more worthy of a sustained commitment from Harvard to try to make a difference through our teaching, research and engagement in the world. Development is central to the mission of the Kennedy School and CID plays an important role...

Author: By David T. Ellwood, | Title: A Commitment to Development | 9/16/2005 | See Source »

Equally important, the University has a remarkable concentration of development scholars doing transformational work. The Center for International Development is home to a large and diverse group of these faculty and the research undertaken by the scholars affiliated with CID covers a wide spectrum. Globalization, women’s issues, health and education, micro-credit, international trade, and the impact of civil war and conflict are all being examined from a development perspective. And CID has provided support to literally hundreds of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students, offering training, funding for research and internships, and a multidisciplinary...

Author: By David T. Ellwood, | Title: A Commitment to Development | 9/16/2005 | See Source »

President Summers and the University have provided considerable financial and intellectual support to this effort. And the President is providing active and energetic assistance to me as I work to provide CID with an endowment that will safeguard its vital and vibrant work long into the future. We must all redouble our efforts to tackle global poverty. I am proud that the Kennedy School and Harvard University will help to lead...

Author: By David T. Ellwood, | Title: A Commitment to Development | 9/16/2005 | See Source »

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