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A Dynamic Theory of Public Banks (and why it matters) (2021)
Journal Article
Marois, T. (2022). A Dynamic Theory of Public Banks (and why it matters). Review of Political Economy, 34(2), 356-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538259.2021.1898110

Public banks are pervasive, with more than 900 worldwide, and powerful, having assets nearing $49 trillion. Yet they are too often perceived as static financial institutions, based on economic theories that begin from fixed notions of what it is to b... Read More about A Dynamic Theory of Public Banks (and why it matters).

Navigating the Aftermath of Crisis and Risk in Mexico and Turkey (2016)
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Marois, T., & Muñoz-Martínez, H. (2016). Navigating the Aftermath of Crisis and Risk in Mexico and Turkey. Research in political economy, 31, 165-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0161-723020160000031010

This article aims to expose the economic and political relations of power disguised in the concept of financial risk as institutionalized in post-crisis economic policies and practices. We do so by examining, from a historical materialist approach, t... Read More about Navigating the Aftermath of Crisis and Risk in Mexico and Turkey.

Moving beyond the paradox of macroeconomic stability in Uganda? (2015)
Journal Article
Van Waeyenberge, E., & Bargawi, H. (2015). Moving beyond the paradox of macroeconomic stability in Uganda?. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 33(1), 121-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2015.1021213

This article explores macroeconomic policies in Uganda in the wake of the global financial crisis and following the publication of the 2010 National Development Plan. Despite apparent changes in rhetoric regarding macroeconomic policies by the Uganda... Read More about Moving beyond the paradox of macroeconomic stability in Uganda?.

Coordination risk and cost impacts on economic development in poor rural areas (2009)
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Dorward, A., Kydd, J., Poulton, C., & Bezemer, D. (2009). Coordination risk and cost impacts on economic development in poor rural areas. The Journal of Development Studies, 45(7), 1093-1112. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802550277

This paper addresses issues relevant to a critical problem in economic development: how to get rapid pro-poor economic growth in poor rural areas in Africa and South Asia where most of the world’s dollar a day poor live. It examines constraints to th... Read More about Coordination risk and cost impacts on economic development in poor rural areas.