Shanta Devarajan

Cash transfer hands

Even a corrupt government may transfer resource revenues to citizens

Shantayanan Devarajan

Friday, January 13, 2023

A boy poses for a picture under a massive Bangladeshi flag, during a flag rally three days ahead of the country's 50th Victory Day anniversary, in front of the parliamentary building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Success despite the odds: South Sudan and Bangladesh

Shantayanan Devarajan

Friday, January 14, 2022

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3 reasons why we may build back better after COVID-19

Shantayanan Devarajan

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Blue sky with clouds

3 reasons to be optimistic about 2021

Shantayanan Devarajan

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

A trader wearing protective hand gloves counts Indian currency notes at a market during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kochi, India, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Sivaram V

Fiscal policy for COVID-19 and beyond

Rabah Arezki and Shantayanan Devarajan

Friday, May 29, 2020

A protester holds up a placard at Gani Fawehinmi square during a protest against a fuel subsidy removal in Lagos January 9, 2012. Police shot dead one protester and wounded nearly two dozen as thousands of Nigerians demonstrated against the axing of fuel subsidies in Africa's top oil producing nation on Monday and unions launched an indefinite nationwide strike. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)

Development policy in the populist era

Shantayanan Devarajan

Monday, January 13, 2020

A ship transports empty containers at the seaport of Benghazi, Libya August 28, 2019. Picture taken August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori - RC1399D965E0

Has globalization gone too far—or not far enough?

Shantayanan Devarajan

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

A Chinese construction worker helps build a new bridge against the skyline of Mozambique's capital Maputo April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg - GF10000389278

Avoiding a debt crisis in Africa

Shantayanan Devarajan, Indermit Gill, and Kenan Karakülah

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Office buildings under construction stand behind the Angolan central bank building in the capital, Luanda, in this January 20, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/Files - GF10000382251

Stressful speculations about public debt in Africa

Indermit Gill, Kenan Karakülah, and Shantayanan Devarajan

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Rebecca Palai withdraws her medication at an ATM pharmacy which allows patients with chronic illnesses to receive repeat medication within three minutes, in Alexander township, South Africa, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1C011CB2B0

Can technology improve service delivery?

Shantayanan Devarajan

Friday, June 7, 2019