Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

The mission of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School is to advance knowledge and policy analysis on challenging social problems at the interface of the public and private sector. It does this by bringing together thought leaders from both business and government and conducting research, facilitating dialogue, and looking for answers that are both intellectually rigorous and relevant to modern global and local policy. The Center focuses on policy-oriented research in a variety of areas including deregulation, information infrastructure policy, environmental economics, business involvement in education, and improving the performance of a market-driven economy while promoting public values and strengthening democratic institutions. Current programs with components relevant to global health questions include, for example, the Consortium for Energy Policy Research, the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Regulatory Policy Program, Sustainability Science Program, and the Weil Program on Collaborative Governance. In addition to sponsoring public events, the Center publishes working paper series based on faculty and associate research. The affiliated student-run Business and Government Professional Interest Council has for the past several years organized a Davos Debrief, featuring Harvard leaders speaking on the World Economic Forum.