Policy publications

1. “Zambia’s Constituency Development Fund: Policy Considerations” International Growth Centre. (with with Katherine Casey, Andres Felipe Rodriguez, and Camilla Sacchetto)
2. “Informal settlements in Lusaka.” International Growth Centre. (with Dennis Chiwele, Patrick Lamson-Hall)
3. “COVID-19 and taxes: Policies for the post-pandemic recovery.” International Growth Centre (with Anders Jensen, Nick Wilkinson, Moussa Saab, Oliver Harman, and Farria Naeem)
4. “Designed to succeed: Building authorising environments for fast-growing cities.” International Growth Centre. (with Paul Collier, Edward Glaeser, Tony Venables, and Astrid Haas)
5. “Informal transport reform in Kampala.” International Growth Centre. (with Priya Manwaring).
6. “Urban property taxes in Pakistan’s Punjab.” International Growth Centre. (with Hina Shaikh and Oliver Harman).
7. “Making policy decisions under uncertainty.” International Growth Centre. (with Paul Collier and Vicky Delbridge).
8. “The role of public-private partnerships for urban service delivery.” International Growth Centre. (with Priya Manwaring).

Shorter articles:

1. Interview by the Digital Future Society on global urbanisation, 2021
2. Devolve more power to cities: they will need it more than ever, October 2020 (with Astrid Haas) LSE Public Policy
3. What is stopping developing countries from taxing more?, Aug 2020. International Growth Centre.
4. In defence of density, July 2020 (with Shlomo Angel, Patrick Lamson-Hall, Oliver Harman). International Growth Centre.
5. Urbanisation in fragile societies: Thinking about Kabul, Feb 2020. (with Oliver Harman, Freshta Karim, Shoaib Rahim) Urbanet.
6. Navigating the urban age. with Oliver Harman. 2019. Oxford Government Review.
7. Getting the right institutions in place to run Africa’s cities efficiently, with Astrid Hass. 2019. The Conversation.
8. The Potential of Advanced Market Commitments. LSE International Development.

Panels, Lectures and Presentations

• Economic Growth Forum. 24th November 2022. Co-organiser and Moderator. Government of Zambia and International Growth Centre. Lusaka, Zambia.
• Decentralisation in Zambia. 4th February 2022. Organiser and Speaker. International Growth Centre. Lusaka, Zambia.
• Pakistan and Sri Lanka economic crises. 18th May 2022. Speaker. Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI).
• The Future of Urban Development in Afghanistan. December 10, 2021. Moderator. Oxford Urbanists. 
• Kabul: Identity, legitimacy and governance. 2019. Moderator. University of Oxford.
• Financing Punjab’s cities: Land and property taxes, Government of Punjab and the International Growth Center. 1st September 2019. Co-organiser, Speaker and Moderator.
• 6th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference. World Bank, the International Growth Center, George Washington University, and the Inter-American Development Bank. 9th September 2019. Co-organiser.
• Taxing Land and Property for urban service delivery in Pakistan, Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan. 3rd March 2020. Invited Presentation.
• Why tax land and property?, Institute of Business Administration (IBA). Karachi. 5th Oct 2020. Guest Lecture.
• Building authorising environments for fast-growing cities, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s Infrastructure and Urban cadre CPD week. 1st Dec 2020. Co-presenter.
• Urban Governance and Collaboration, UK Built Environment Advisory Group (UKBEAG) and the UN-Habitat for Prosperity Fund’s Global Future Cities Programme. 4th Feb 2021. Presenter.
• The Law for Building Sustainable Cities, Advocates for International Development (A4ID). 22nd May 2021. Presenter.
• City-to-City Knowledge Exchange, UK Built Environment Advisory Group (UKBEAG) and the UN-Habitat for Prosperity Fund’s Global Future Cities Programme. Subject Matter Expert on Governance and Finance. 2nd Sep 2021.
• Lusaka’s informal settlements policy roundtable, International Growth Centre (IGC) and the UN-Habitat. Chair. 8th Sep 2021.
• Stimulating the Urban Economy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the International Growth Centre and Adam Smith International. Moderator. 22nd Sep 2021.