Research

My area of research interest lies at the intersection of International Political Economy and Development. I primarily focus my research efforts on uncovering how the global economic architecture interacts with international and domestic politics to ultimately influence the development outcomes.

Specifically, I study pivotal aspects of global economic order—ranging from financial flows (both licit and illicit) and international taxation to development finance and supranational governance of the international financial and monetary system—aiming to further our understanding of the distributional and developmental implications of globalization (especially for underdeveloped geographies and fragile & conflict-affected states).

A common theme that has motivated my academic works is the element of investigative politico-economic research which involves bringing a phenomenon or dataset to light that, otherwise, was unobserved or being kept in dark corners by its custodians. To this end, I employ robust information mining strategies that combine quantitative approaches (ranging from conventional econometrics to machine learning) with qualitative methods of research.

From time to time, I attempt to engage in normative policy-oriented research in order to contribute to policy debates at domestic as well as international levels by producing media articles, policy briefs, handbooks for policymakers, and so on.

Links to Publications, Working Papers, and Current Research are below.