Shanta Devarajan

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

Motorists drive through a heavy traffic flow near a passing metro train along the main highway EDSA in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - D1BETLELWXAA

Are laxer environmental policies being trumped?

Tito Cordella and Shantayanan Devarajan

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, February 26, 2016. Indian bonds, shares and the rupee gained on Friday after a key government report on the economy was seen as calling for fiscal prudence and stable inflation, while also acknowledging risks to the growth outlook. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade - D1BESPFKCFAA

Why hasn’t technology improved government effectiveness?

Shantayanan Devarajan

Friday, January 18, 2019

Workers look on as a cargo ship approaches a terminal at the port of Qingdao in Shandong province, China November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1BD4412950

How to fight a trade war: Turn the other cheek

Shantayanan Devarajan

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

A man holds up his mobile phone showing a M-Pesa mobile money transaction page for the photographer at an open air market in Kibera in Kenya's capital Nairobi December 31, 2014. Safaricom, Kenya's biggest telecoms firm, is a model of how technology can be used to financially include millions of people with mobile telephones but without access to traditional infrastructure such as the banks that are available to the wealthy or those living in cities. Safaricom in 2007 pioneered its M-Pesa mobile money transfer technology, now used across Africa, Asia and Europe. It proved that money can be made from people who earn a few dollars a day. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS) - GM1EACV1IZY01

The future of inclusive growth

Shantayanan Devarajan

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Egyptians shop at a vegetable market in Cairo, Egypt, October 11, 2017. Picture taken October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC13764F8900

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique: Le revenu minimum universel et les pays pétroliers en Afrique

Shantayanan Devarajan

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

An oil well oozes crude oil after it was hit by a shrapnel from a bomb dropped by fighter jets at the El Nar oil field in South Sudan's Unity State, March 3, 2012. South Sudan accused Khartoum of bombing two oil wells in the north of the new nation and moving troops and weaponry close to an army base near the poorly defined border. A Sudanese official denied the allegations. Relations between Sudan and the South have deteriorated in recent months as talks about border disputes and oil transportation fees have floundered, causing the South to shut down oil production. REUTERS/Hereward Holland (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ENERGY SOCIETY) - GM1E83407J001

Low-income country debt: Déjà vu all over again?

Shantayanan Devarajan

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

A Palestinian man works at Wael Al-Wadiya's snacks and chips factory, east of Gaza City February 19, 2018. Picture taken February 19, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RC145755ECA0

Future Development Reads: Reconciling the politics with the economics

Shantayanan Devarajan

Monday, March 26, 2018

A teacher stands in a classroom at Yaskule girls primary school in Michika village, northeast Nigeria June 12, 2017. Picture taken June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC16880F4FA0

Future Development Reads: Teachers in poor countries, human capital investments, and tips for disseminating research

Shantayanan Devarajan

Friday, February 23, 2018

A hand reaches across the border to wave through the fence along the U.S. Mexico border wall at Border Field State Park in San Diego, California, U.S., November 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC15071F4D80

Future Development Reads: Migration, global growth, gender inequality, and 12 charts reviewing 2017

Shantayanan Devarajan

Tuesday, January 30, 2018