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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Raj M. Desai

Raj M. Desai

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Raj Desai focuses on the political economy of development, economic adjustment and market reform and the business environment of developing countries. His current research includes poverty reduction and economic policy reform in developing countries. He also is a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.



Expertise

Political economy of development; Economic adjustment and market reform; Post-socialist transition; Business environment in developing countries

  • Language Fluency:
  • Czech
  • Spanish

Background

Current Positions
Associate Professor of International Development, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Past Positions
Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, Development Economics Group, the World Bank; Private Sector Development Specialist, Private Sector Development Department, the World Bank; Masaryk Fellow, Charles University (Prague); Analyst, Behavioral Sciences Department, CACI-Federal

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996; M.A., Harvard University, 1992; B.A., University of California, Irvine, 1988


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioVáclav Havel’s Economic LegacyDecember 19, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe Costs of Political Influence: Firm-Level Evidence From Developing CountriesOctober 06, 2011Quarterly Journal of Political Science
Save to My PortfolioWeb Chat: Turmoil in the Middle EastFebruary 23, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioIs the Arab Authoritarian Bargain Collapsing?February 09, 2011The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioAn Immediate Exit for Mubarak?February 04, 2011POLITICO
Save to My PortfolioA Suggestion for the IMF: Embrace RegionalismNovember 08, 2010The German Development Institute
Save to My PortfolioThe Determinants of Foreign Aid VolatilitySeptember 2010The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioAre Davos Man's Days Numbered?January 26, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioIraq's Economy Needs More Than SecurityOctober 23, 2009The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioDo Philanthropic Citizens Behave Like Governments?October 2009Wolfensohn Center for Development Working Papers
Save to My PortfolioThe G-20 London Summit 2009March 2009G-20 Summit Report
Save to My PortfolioThe Logic of Authoritarian BargainsMarch 2009Economics and Politics, Vol. 21
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Save to My PortfolioMore Excuses from Donors at DohaDecember 05, 2008The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioOn the Politics of Financial MeltdownsOctober 08, 2008The Globalist
Save to My PortfolioThe California Consensus: Can Private Aid End Global Poverty?August-September 2008Survival, vol. 50, no. 4 (August-September 2008)

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