A selection of lectures & public events/panels, in English and Spanish, as well as short think pieces on focused topics. A fuller list is available on my YouTube channel.
Is Decentralization Good for Development? Perspectives from Academics and Policymakers
World Bank, Washington, DC
The growing wave of decentralisation: Comparative evidence from developing countries
Ideas for India (I4I) panel discussion with Lakshmi Iyer and Sarmistha Pal
Think piece: How industrial policy succeeded in Korea & failed in Venezuela
World Bank Knowledge Platform
W.J.M. Mackenzie Award for best political science book of 2012
Political Studies Association, London
Instituciones y desarrollo de largo plazo en América Latina
Cátedra Magistral, Programa Camino Real de Tierra Adentro entre CCUTlatelolco y Stanford
Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent: lessons from Ethiopia
Book launch lecture with Qaiser Khan, Marta Foresti and Peter Hawkins, LSE, London
The Incoherence of Institutional Reform: Decentralization as a Structural Solution to Immediate Political Needs
IBEI (Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals)
Think piece: Decentralization shock therapy in Bolivia
World Bank Knowledge Platform
Decentralised Governance: Crafting Effective Democracies Around the World
LSE, London
Hard Talk: Is decentralization good for service delivery?
With Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank's Middle East and North Africa Region, Washington, DC
Think Piece: Decentralizing Bolivia's Government Helped The Poor
World Bank Knowledge Platform
Conversatorio: Es la descentralizacion buena para el desarrollo?
Segmentos de una conferencia dada en la Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, con reacciones de colegas allá
Think Piece: Can federalism improve industrial policy by limiting government power?
World Bank Knowledge Platform