Research
From China's local governments to Singapore's cottage industries; from the exceptions to the growth–poverty nexus to a long, slow case for the micro-oriented approach.
I · POVERTY IN CHINA
China's thousands of local governments form a laboratory for understanding what reduces poverty — and what doesn't.
II · GROWTH & POVERTY
Why does economic growth sometimes fail to help the poor? Lessons from the exceptions to the growth–poverty nexus.
III · MICRO-ORIENTED APPROACH
Small in scale, low in technology, within reach. An overlooked alternative with a long history.
IV · RURAL RESTRUCTURING IN CHINA
As rural economies modernize, what happens to peasants and small farmers under land consolidation and agribusiness?
V · CENTRAL–LOCAL RELATIONS
Decentralization in China is a constant dance between local discretion and central control.
VI · UNMET NEEDS IN SINGAPORE
Inequalities and unmet needs in a country whose narrative leaves little room for either.
VII · OTHER RESEARCH
Some projects don't fit neatly elsewhere — including a paper co-authored with my father on the Russia–China arms trade.