Written
My three current written areas of focus are Financing Sustainable Urban Development, Global Value Chains and Climate Change.
Financing Sustainable Urban Development
Published
Enhancing the financial position of cities: Evidence from Mzuzu
(2022) joint with Delbridge, V., Haas, A., Jangia, D., Manwaring, P., and Venables, T.
French translation and summary available upon request
Enhancing the financial position of cities: Evidence from Hargeisa
(2022) joint with Delbridge, V., Haas, A., Venables, T., and Yusuf, A.
French translation, Somali translation and summary available upon request
Enhancing the financial position of cities: Evidence from Dakar
(2022) joint with Delbridge, V., Dia Sarr, K., Haas, A., and Venables, T.
French translation and summary available upon request
Enhancing the financial position of cities: Evidence from Kampala
(2022) joint with Delbridge, V., Haas, A., with Venables, T.
French translation and summary available upon request
Financing sustainable urban development
Contributing author with European Commission and UNHabitat.
UNHabitat
COVID-19 and taxes. Policies for the post-pandemic recovery.
joint with Jensen, A., Naeem, F., Rukh, S., Saab, M. and Wilkinson, N. (2021).
IGC Policy Brief, Arabic translation available upon request
Urban Property Taxes in Pakistan’s Punjab.
joint with Wani, S., and Shaikh, H. (2020)
IGC Policy Brief
Global Value Chains and Local Development
Harnessing Global Value Chains for regional development. Regional Studies Policy Impact Book.
with Crescenzi, R. (2022)
Policymaker and practicioner summary available as part of evidence submitted to UK Parliament here
Open access 'The book in a nutshell' overview here
Free link to book available upon request
with Crescenzi, R. (2023)
Chapter 24, Supporting Ukraine: More critical than ever
Climbing up global value chains: Leveraging FDI for economic development.
with Crescenzi, R. (2022)
Hinrich Foundation White Paper
A Policy Framework for Infrastructure Development and Global Value Chains.
with Crescenzi, R. (2022)
Chapter 6 in Sustaining Global Value Chains, Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
Joint with Crescenzi, R., and Arnold, D. (2018).
OECD Working Paper
Public Policy Space – Integrated Framework for the analysis of internationalisation and territorial upgrading.
Crescenzi, R., Comotti, S., and Harman, O. (2019).
European Commission and Government of Slovenia Report.
Sustainability and Climate Change
Sustainable urbanisation in developing countries: Cities as places to live
joint with Delbridge, V., Oliveira-Cunha, J. and Venables, AJ. (2022)
IGC Growth Brief
Sustainable urbanisation in developing countries: Cities as places to innovate, work and trade
joint with Delbridge, V., Oliveira-Cunha, J. and Venables, AJ. (2022)
IGC Growth Brief
Refusing refuse: Policy options for urban solid waste management.
(In Preparation) with Joshi, M.
IGC Policy Framing Paper
Post-disaster policy for low resource cities: Options for re-construction, re-connection and re-coordination.
(In Preparation - Draft available upon request)
IGC Sustainability White Paper
(In Preparation) Contributing Author
Embedding resilience: City responses to acute shocks and chronic stresses.
joint with Collier, P., Glaeser, E., Venables, AJ., and Harman, O. (2018).
Global Future Cities Policy Framing Paper
Other
Pipelines or pyramids: A review of barriers for women in economics
Berland, O., Harman, O., and Moreau-Kastler, N. (2023)
IGC Working Paper | Google Scholar
Key considerations for government housing provision in low resource cities.
(In Preparation).
IGC Policy Brief
The BRT and the danfo: A study of Lagos’ transport reforms from 1999 – 2019.
Otunola, B., Harman, O., and Kriticos, S. (2019)
IGC Cities that Work Case Study | Google Scholar
Collier, P., Glaeser, E., Venables, T., Delbridge, V., Harman, O., and Blake, M. (2018).
Global Future Cities Policy Paper.