Raj M. Desai

QUALITY REPEATMaria Rita, 43, carries collected water at the Kaeta settlement in Maracas in Bahia state, northeast Brazil May 4, 2012. While a swath of the Brazilian Amazon is under a state of emergency as rivers overflow in one of the worst floods ever, the country's northeastern region faces its worst drought in the last 30 years, affecting well over 500 towns and cities, according to data from different government monitoring agencies. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes - RTSIMKD

Rethinking the universalism versus targeting debate

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Workers cast shadows as they stroll among the office towers Sydney's Barangaroo business district in Australia's largest city, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed - RTS15LMP

Combining good business and good development

Raj M. Desai, Homi Kharas, and Magdi Amin

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalist at the Oval Office of the White House after the AHCA health care bill was pulled before a vote, accompanied by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (2nd R) and Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured), in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX32M39

Development finance in the age of Trump: Back to the future?

The Bretton Woods Committee Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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Oil prices, authoritarian bargains, and reform opportunities in the Gulf States

Friday, June 3, 2016

Social policy and the elimination of extreme poverty

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

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Does the developing world need a welfare state to eliminate poverty? Some insights from history

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Book launch: ‘The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty’

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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How to stop worrying and love the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Raj M. Desai and James Raymond Vreeland

Monday, April 6, 2015

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Does Private Aid Advance Human Dignity? New Thinking about Old Topics in Global Affairs

Homi Kharas and Raj M. Desai

Friday, September 19, 2014

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What the New Bank of BRICS is All About

Raj M. Desai and James Vreeland

Thursday, July 17, 2014