ESSAYS

• This year’s Nobel prize exposes economics’ problem with colonialism. The Conversation. October, 2024.

• How protectionism can help developing countries unlock their economic potential. The Conversation, August 2024.

• The free trade myth: how the US manipulates global markets for economic supremacy. The Conversation, June 2024.

• Industrialisation is still vital to economic development, but some countries are struggling to reap its benefits. The Conversation, March 2024.

• Industrialization challenges in the digital age. UN Industrial Development Organisation, February 2022.

• COVID-19 in the Horn of Africa: political and economic impacts. London School of Economics blogs, September 2020.

• Is automation stealing manufacturing jobs? Evidence from South Africa’s apparel industry. London School of Economics blogs, May 2020.

• COVID-19 and the global contraction in FDI. UN Industrial Development Organisation, May 2020.

• Inside the black box of manufacturing. Bennet Institute for Public Policy, February 2020.

• Should the African lion learn from the Asian tigers? Developing Economics, August 2019.

• The African lion. Africa is a Country, May 2019.

• Eritrea and Ethiopia’s economic dividend. Africa is a Country, December 2018.

• Manufacturing still matters: five reasons why the IMF is wrong. The Conversation, June 2018.

• Don’t rage against the machine. International Politics and Society, May 2018.

• Why Ethiopia is on track to become Africa’s industrial powerhouse. The Conversation, June 2016.

• What African economies need: good, old fashioned industrial policy. Africa is a Country, June 2016.

• Foreign investment isn’t necessarily good for Africa, but here’s how it can be. African Arguments, August 2015.

• Made in India: why manufacturing is the best route to development. The Guardian, January 2015.

• Africa’s economic ‘rise’ does not reflect reality. The Guardian, September 2014.