SERVICE: HIID came into the spotlight two years ago when Harvard offered the institute directorship to Arnold C. Harberger, a University of Chicago economist. Harberger turned down the post after students protested his alleged ties to authoritarian right wing regimes in Latin America. HIID continued its work under the guidance of Dwight Perkins, a member of the Economics Department and has quietly become on of the must widely respected organizations in international Harvard.

HIIDs main function is the undertaking of development projects in Third World countries. Currently, for example, at HIID seam led by Malcolm Gillis, an HIID fellow is working on a plan to drastically reform Indonesia's tax administration through computerization. Such projects abound and have reportedly earned HIID the respect of officials in many developing nations. One State Department official says HIID is among the most efficient and well-liked groups working in the Third World. "What separates HIID from U.S. agencies like the-Agency for International Development and other development projects," the official says. "Is the perception on the part of local governments that HIID have no ideological bend This is crucial when you are dealing with less developed countries."

Unlike CFIA and most other international centers at Harvard. HIID has no endowment. Most of the financing it gets comes from the government of a country where it is undertaking a project "At HIID, we have services to offer. If we do a good job, people will pay for it. You can build from there and expand." Perkins says.

Field work comprises only part of HIID's activities. In coordination with the Kennedy School of Government. HIID sponsors the Mason fellows, program that brings about two dozen mid-career public servants from the Third World to Harvard for a year of study. Fellows often go on to important responsibilities as a result of their stint at Harvard. Nancy Pyle, director of the program says. To illustrate this, Pyle tells of a major trade agreement recently concluded between Malaysia and Indonesia: the two signers were Mason fellows.

The CFIA also has successful fellows program that is similar to HIID's but goes beyond the Third World. The emphasis of both these projects is on training. As Perkins says, "our fellows, will go back home and probably take over the program we help put in place. One of the greatest services we can render is to assure developing nations have competent public servants."

Last October, while outlining his plans for the College in a speech to the Associated Harvard Alumni. President Bok stressed Harvard's international role. "We're in the process of becoming international and we have got to think more about how we can further this goal." Bok said.

Among Bok's desires for international Harvard is a "reverse Rhodes scholarship" that would bring foreign students to Harvard. Already, Volkswagen, the automobile manufacturer, pays the expenses of several German nationals to study at the Kennedy Schools for five years.

Bok also hopes to increase foreign student enrollment in the College. Klitgaard believes there is an untapped pool of foreign students that Harvard can attract with improved recruitment techniques. "The international reputation of the Faculty cannot be doubted but the student body has clearly lagged behind in this respect." Klitgaard says.

A multitude of issues will soon face Harvard's already existing international infrastructure. One of the problems the centers will have to deal with is likely to be the orientation of development programs. Klitgaard points out that work in development is done primarily by social scientists, "yet we give most to the Third World in hard sciences. There is no doubt that scientists and humanists will have to work together even more than they presently are." Klitgaard says.

Money will also be an issue. Most internationalists agree that it is impossible to define an optimal budget and because of this, many-of Harvard's international programs get caught in a "never-enough syndrome." Klitgaard stresses that internationalists must present a specific agenda for their money needs. "We should find problems we can have a big impact on," he says, "and not just make a lobbying effort in the name of international work in general. This reduces internationalists to being like any other group."

Despite financial constraints and debates over direction, there seems to be little doubt that international Harvard will continue to expand. With an established infrastructure. Faculty commitment, and a President advocating a "world view," the University is likely to become a haven for internationalizes in a time of growing global tension.