Homi Kharas

A general view of the skyline from the Makati City Hall in Manila

Growth strategies to avoid the middle-income trap

Homi Kharas and Indermit Gill

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

People walk past Prada's fashion store in downtown Milan February 4, 2015. The trend in luxury goods is to drum up same store sales by curbing expansion and wowing customers with new products, yet Prada continues to pay over the odds to open swanky new shops and stock them with handbags little changed from previous bestsellers. Prada, say analysts, now urgently needs to focus less on new stores and more on new handbags. Picture taken February 4. To match Analysis PRADA-STRATEGY/ REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (ITALY - Tags: BUSINESS FASHION)

Who gained from global growth last decade—and who will benefit by 2030?

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Piles of Yemeni currency are pictured at the Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Can aid help countries avoid the middle-income trap?

Friday, January 10, 2020

Agricultural fields

Toward strategies for ending rural hunger

Geoffrey Gertz and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

The great reversal: How America gave up on free markets

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

REFILE - CORRECTING STYLE People spend their time at a street food market in Bangkok, Thailand August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - RC1EAEB197C0

How inclusive is growth?

Meagan Dooley and Homi Kharas

Friday, November 22, 2019

A woman accompanies some students as they wade in the shallow part of a rocky beach to their school to attend the first day of classes in Sitio Kinabuksan, Kawag village, Subic, Zambales Province, north of Manila June 1, 2015. An estimated 24 million public school students in the primary and secondary levels attend the opening of classes nationwide, local media reported. REUTERS/Lorgina Minguito TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000113795

Give poor countries a chance to develop

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Homi Kharas

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Recent trends in democracy and development in the emerging world

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Cvr: Leave No One Behind

Leave No One Behind

Edited by Homi Kharas, John W. McArthur, and Izumi Ohno

2019

A man carries an umbrella as he crosses a bamboo made bridge near a tannery at Hazaribagh along the polluted Buriganga river in Dhaka June 5, 2014. Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned the tannery owners at Hazaribag of serious consequence if they failed to relocate their tanneries in Savar within the stipulated time, during a World Environment Day observance program, local media reported. According to the United Nations Environment Programme website, World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 to raise global awareness and motivate action for environmental protection. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) - GM1EA651RI801

Building the SDG economy: Needs, spending, and financing for universal achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Homi Kharas and John McArthur

Monday, October 21, 2019