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Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He is also Director for the Cities Research Programme at the International Growth Centre, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor of City Journal. Glaeser’s research focuses on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. Glaeser is the author of Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium (2008); Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (2012); Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation (2021); and coauthor of Rethinking Federal Housing Policy: How to Make Housing Plentiful and Affordable (2008). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
June 13, 2024 The Charter Cities Institute (“CCI”) (on behalf of its partner, the African School of Economics – Zanzibar) (“ASE-Z”) and Zanzibar Research Centre for Socio-Economic and Policy Analysis (“ZRCP”) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) under which ASE-Z will work with ZRCP
In 2023 I visited Canada for the first time, just to Toronto. To avoid losing any holiday entitlement, I explained to my employers that I was undertaking research. Under the suspicious, but thankfully distant gaze of employer skepticism, I conducted one week of fieldwork, focused
In 2023, I visited Lusaka, Zambia for two purposes, one of which attracts nodded heads of supportive encouragement for virtuous deeds, and the, other attracts narrowed-eyed glances of suspicion. The first purpose was to teach the course Re-thinking African Cities at the University of Zambia
This policy brief examines the benefits of traditional SEZs in comparison to single-factory SEZs and concludes that small single-factory SEZs in Zanzibar and Tanzania underperform and do not deliver the expected advantages. The report emphasizes the critical need for better data and improved government information
Despite globally acknowledged beliefs in the positive impact of tax incentives, research reveals that they may not significantly influence Special Economic Zone (SEZ) performance. The brief identifies several reasons, including the absence of revenue generation, potential conflicts of interest, and the disadvantages faced by local
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. – Virginia Woolf How does a café in the South of India and the history of McDonald’s help us to understand big ideas about economic development related to family business and
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