1. Macroeconomic Policy, Financial Stability, and Global Risks
- The U.S. Banking Crisis of 2023 and Its Implications for Africa
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/us-banking-crisis-2023-and-its-implications-africa - The Current Banking Crisis and U.S. Monetary Policy
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/current-banking-crisis-and-us-monetary-policy - Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank Crisis
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/lessons-silicon-valley-bank-crisis - Demand Deposits and the Banking Crisis of 2023
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41261-023-00197-8 - Sailing on a Stormy Sea: Policy Challenges for Developing Countries (2022–2025)
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/sailing-storming-sea-policy-challenges-developing-countries-2022-2025 - COVID-19 and the Fiscal Space of Developing Countries
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/covid-19-and-fiscal-space-developing-countries - Africa’s Development Issues after COVID-19
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/africa-s-development-issues-after-covid-19
2. Trade, Global Economy, and International Policy
- The Global Impact of U.S. Reciprocal Tariffs on Developing Countries
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/global-impact-president-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-implications-developing-countries - The Impact of Reciprocal Tariffs on Developing Countries (with Cuong Le Van)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4871234 - The Trade War and the U.S. Election: Implications for Developing Countries
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/trade-war-and-us-election-whats-stake-developing-countries - Behind the New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Products
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/behind-new-us-tariffs-chinese-products - Reforming International Financial Institutions
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/reforming-international-financial-institutions - Proposals for Reforming the International Financial Architecture
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/reforming-international-financial-institutions-why-good-policies-matter-more-for-developing-countries - Economic Development after the Washington Consensus
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/new-development-policy-framework-to-replace-washington-consensus-by-karim-el-aynaoui-and-hinh-t-dinh-2025-01
3. Growth, Jobs, and Structural Transformation
- Jobs, Industrialization, and Globalization
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/jobs-industrialization-and-globalization - Big Push Industrialization, Global Value Chains, and the Middle-Income Trap
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/big-push-industrialization-global-value-chains-and-middle-income-trap - The Middle-Income Trap and Resource-Based Growth: Brazil
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/middle-income-trap-and-resource-based-growth-case-brazil - Industrialization and Jobs in the CFA Zone
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26405
4. Labor-Intensive Manufacturing and Industrial Policy (Signature Work)
- Light Manufacturing in Africa
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2247 - Light Manufacturing in Vietnam
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/a29e0d20-a898-5a91-b5b8-b98c43eb7604 - Light Manufacturing in Tanzania
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2246 - Light Manufacturing in Zambia
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/bae9b686-7f1a-5303-a161-5d6c88da9771 - Tales from the Development Frontier
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/e1997f52-1892-5cfa-8346-2e72ce0c05cb
5. Services-Led Development and Structural Transformation (Core Area)
This body of work examines how services—particularly enabling and knowledge services—can drive job creation, productivity, and structural transformation, while reinforcing agriculture and manufacturing.
Foundational framework
- A Framework to Assess Services as a Driver of Growth
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/framework-assess-services-driver-economic-growth-and-structural-transformation
Country applications (forthcoming)
- Egypt’s Services-Led Development: Navigating the Knowledge Gap and the Suez Paradox
(Forthcoming) - Morocco’s Services-Led Development: Scaling Quality into Economic Momentum
(Forthcoming) - Tunisia’s Services-Led Development: Reclaiming an Interrupted Trajectory
(Forthcoming) - Vietnam’s Services-Led Development: The Supporting Architecture of a Manufacturing Powerhouse
(Forthcoming)
6. Country Diagnostics and Export Competitiveness
- Morocco: Accelerating Growth and Job Creation
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/morocco-accelerating-growth-and-job-creation - North Africa Economic Outlook 2021
https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/africa-economic-outlook-2021 - Bangladesh: Possibilities for Export Diversification
https://www.imcworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Bangladesh-Export-Diversification.pdf - Ghana: Possibilities for Manufactured Exports
https://www.imcworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ghana-Manufactured-Exports.pdf - Pakistan: Possibilities for Manufactured Exports
https://www.imcworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Pakistan-Manufactured-Exports.pdf - Tajikistan: Possibilities for Manufactured Exports
https://www.imcworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Tajikistan-Manufactured-Exports.pdf - Zimbabwe: Possibilities for Manufactured Exports
https://www.imcworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Zimbabwe-Manufactured-Exports.pdf
7. Natural Resources, Fragility, and Applied Development
- Managing Natural Resources for Growth
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/managing-natural-resources-growth - Economic Impact of Epidemics in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22177 - Industrialization in Africa: Issues and Policies
https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/industrialization-africa-issues-and-policies - Industrialization in Africa: How Can the G20 Assist?
https://saiia.org.za/research/industrialisation-in-africa-how-can-the-g20-assist/
Economic Growth And Transformation 