Developing Countries

 "Nominal GDP Targeting for Developing Countries," with Pranjul Bhandari, Research in Economics, Sept. 2017. NBER WP 20898.  Revised from “The Best of Rules and Discretion: A Case for Nominal GDP Targeting in India,” CID WP No. 284, HKS.

 "Mauritius: African Success Story,African Successes, edited by S.Edwards, S.Johnson, & D.Weil, 2016 (Univ. Chicago Press).  CID WP 234, 2012.  NBER WP 165692010summarized in NBER DigestMay 2011.  NBER's African Successes Project.

A Solution to Fiscal Procyclicality:  The Structural Budget Institutions Pioneered by Chile,” in Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Performance, 2013, Series on Central Banking Analysis, and Economic Policies vol.17.  NBER WP 16945April 2011.  Central Bank of Chile  WP 604,  Jan.2011.  CID WP 216,  Jan. 2011.  Slides14th Annual Conference of the Central Bank of Chile, 2010, Santiago.

The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey of Diagnoses and Some Prescriptions,” in Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries,edited by R.Arezki, et al. (IMF), 2012.   CID WP 233 2012.  Videoclip Sept.2011.   IMF Podcasts on the CurseJune 30 & July 6, 2011.

"The Curse: Why Natural Resources Are Not Always a Good Thing,”  Milken Institute Review, vol.13, no.4, 4th quarter 2011: 28-39.

"How Can Commodity Producers Make Fiscal and Monetary Policy Less Procyclical?” Beyond the Curse: Policies to Harness the Power of Natural Resources,R.Arezki, T.Gylfason & A.Sy, eds. (IMF, 2011).   HKS RWP 11-015.  KeynoteHigh Level SeminarAlgiers, 2010.

The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey,” 2012, Chapter 2 in Beyond the Resource Curse, B.Shaffer & T.Ziyadov, ed. (U.Penn.Press);  NBER WP 158362010.    WP 195, 2010CID..

"Slow Passthrough Around the World: A New Import for Developing Countries?" with David Parsley and Shang-Jin Wei, published in Open Economies Review,  vol.23, no.2 , April 2012, 213-251.  NBER WP 11199.  KSG RWP05-016  

"What Small Countries Can Teach the World," Business Economics (NABE) 47, no.2, April 2012 , pp.97-103.  HKS RWP no. 12-013. NBER Session, NABE Annual Meeting, Dallas, Sept.11, 2011.  CID WP 232, April 2012. (Georgian translation.)

"Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?"   Open Economies Review vol.22, No.1, Feb.2011, p.1-16.  NBER WP 15419;  CID WP No.185.  

"A Lesson from the South for Fiscal Policy in the US & Other Advanced Countries," Comparative Economic Studies 53, no.3, Sept.2011, pp.407-430.  

"Contractionary Currency Crashes in Developing Countries,"  IMF Staff Papers 52, no.2, pp 149-92  2005.  NBER WP No. 11508

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