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Can the Poor Be Organized? Evidence from Rural India

March 2013, Raj M. Desai and Shareen Joshi

@ Brookings Podcast: Assessing the Millennium Development Goals

September 24, 2010, Raj M. Desai

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Reaching the Millennium Development Goals

September 17, 2010, Raj M. Desai

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The Determinants of Foreign Aid Volatility

September 2010, Raj M. Desai and Homi Kharas

The Political Economy of Urban Poverty in Developing Countries: Theories, Issues, and an Agenda for Research

June 2010, Raj M. Desai

Do Philanthropic Citizens Behave Like Governments?

October 2009, Homi Kharas and Raj M. Desai

The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains

March 2009, Anders Olofsgård, Raj M. Desai and Tarik Yousef

More Excuses from Donors at Doha

December 5, 2008, Homi Kharas and Raj M. Desai

Millennium Development Goals: Enhance Public Policy with Private Donors

September 25, 2008, Joshua Hermias and Raj M. Desai

The California Consensus: Can Private Aid End Global Poverty?

August-September 2008, Homi Kharas and Raj M. Desai

Will Rising Food Prices Reduce Poverty?

June 19, 2008, Raj M. Desai

The Political Economy of Poverty Reduction

November 2007, Raj M. Desai

Revitalizing America's Foreign Aid Regime

May 29, 2007, Raj M. Desai

How Cronyism Harms the Investment Climate

January 2007, Raj M. Desai

The Logic of Authoritarian Bargains: A Test of a Structural Model

January 1, 2007, Anders Olofsgard, Raj M. Desai and Tarik Yousef