Somik V. Lall

Views of slums on the shores of mumbai, India against the backdrop of skyscrapers under construction

Slums, sprawl, and skyscrapers

Somik V. Lall, Mathilde Lebrand, and Hogeun Park

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Calcutta,,India

The economic benefits of cities in the developing world

Arti Grover, Somik V. Lall, and Jonathan Timmis

Friday, July 23, 2021

Men look at the Nairobi skyline from observation point on the top of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC1D930C2460

Prerequisites to getting Africa’s urbanization ‘right’

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

People shop for food in Djemaa El Fna square in Marrakesh July 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (MOROCCO - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) - GM1E67L0L0U01

5 steps to reshape economic geography and rejuvenate the Middle East and North Africa

Somik V. Lall and Ayah Mahgoub

Friday, September 20, 2019

Workers inspect railway tracks, which serve as a part of the Belt and Road freight rail route linking Chongqing to Duisburg, at Dazhou railway station in Sichuan province, China March 14, 2019. Picture taken March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1563D032A0

Winners and losers along China’s Belt and Road

Indermit Gill, Somik V. Lall, and Mathilde Lebrand

Friday, June 21, 2019

Economic geography bites back

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT