2026
Aggregate Gains from AI and Their Distribution: Global Evidence from Usage DataIMF Working Paper No. 2026/147
2026
How Is AI Adopted Across Countries and Occupations? Early Evidence from One Million Usage Conversations in Over 100 CountriesSSRN Working Paper, 2026
2026
The AI Deflation DividendWorking Paper, 2026
2026
Challenges of Conflict and Industrial Policy for DevelopmentWorld Bank
World Bank, MENAAP Economic Update (April 2026)
2026
Resources to Resilience: Economic Diversification for Oil and Gas Exporters in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and PakistanWorld Bank (forthcoming)
2024
Calamities, Debt, and Growth in Developing CountriesIMF Economic Review 72 (1): 487–507
2022
Reality Check: Forecasting MENA Growth in Times of UncertaintyEconomic Research Forum (ERF Forum)
2022
Reality Check: Forecasting Growth in the Middle East and North Africa in Times of UncertaintyWorld Bank, MENA Economic Update (April 2022)
2021
MENA Public Healthcare Systems: Building Resilience for Future EmergenciesEconomic Research Forum (ERF Forum)
2021
Energy Subsidies: Easy Pickings for Climate Policy or a Political Bombshell?Economic Research Forum (ERF Forum)
2021
Overconfident: How Economic and Health Fault Lines Left the Middle East and North Africa Ill-Prepared to Face COVID-19World Bank, MENA Economic Update (October 2021)
2021
In the Global Race Over 5G, Liberalisation and Regulatory Independence Are KeyLSE Business Review
2021
Technology Adoption and the Middle-Income Trap: Lessons from the Middle East and East AsiaReview of Development Economics 25 (3): 1711–1740
2021
Living with Debt: How Institutions Can Chart a Path to Recovery in MENAEconomic Research Forum (ERF Forum)
2021
Living with Debt: How Institutions Can Chart a Path to Recovery in the Middle East and North AfricaWorld Bank, MENA Economic Update (April 2021)
2021
Liberalization, Technology Adoption, and Stock Returns: Evidence from TelecomWorld Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9561
2021
Reforming Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa: Easy Pickings for Climate Policy or a Political Bombshell?In No Brainers and Low-Hanging Fruit in National Climate Policy, CEPR Press
2020
Trading Together: Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-COVID EraWorld Bank, MENA Economic Update (October 2020)
2020
Collateralized Borrowing Around the World: Insights from the World Bank Enterprise SurveysInternational Journal of Finance & Economics 27 (2): 2420–2437
2020
Covid-19 and Oil Price Collapse: Coping with a Dual Shock in the Gulf Cooperation CouncilERF Policy Brief No. 52
2020
Coping with a Dual Shock: A Perspective from the Middle East and North AfricaIn COVID-19 in Developing Economies (CEPR Press eBook)
2020
How Transparency Can Help the Middle East and North AfricaWorld Bank, MENA Economic Update (April 2020)
2020
Oil Price Wars in a Time of COVID-19VoxEU/CEPR
2019
Reaching New Heights: Promoting Fair Competition in the Middle East and North AfricaWorld Bank, MENA Economic Update (October 2019)
2019
Reforms and External Imbalances: The Labor-Productivity Connection in the Middle East and North AfricaWorld Bank, MENA Economic Update (April 2019)
2018
A New Economy for the Middle East and North AfricaWorld Bank, MENA Economic Monitor (October 2018)
2018
Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts (World Economic Outlook Special Feature, April 2018)International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (April 2018)
2018
Economic Transformation: Middle East and North Africa Economic MonitorWorld Bank, MENA Economic Monitor (April 2018)
2017
Food Supplies and Food SecurityIn Shifting Commodity Markets in a Globalized World, IMF
2017
Metal Prices Signal Global Economic ShiftsIn Shifting Commodity Markets in a Globalized World, IMF
2017
Shifting Commodity Markets in a Globalized WorldInternational Monetary Fund
2017
Structural Changes in Natural Gas MarketsIn Shifting Commodity Markets in a Globalized World, IMF
2017
Technology and Unconventional Sources in the Global Oil MarketIn Shifting Commodity Markets in a Globalized World, IMF
2017
The Energy Transition in an Era of Low Fossil Fuel PricesIn Shifting Commodity Markets in a Globalized World, IMF
2017
Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts (World Economic Outlook Special Feature, October 2017)International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2017)