Blogs & op-eds

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Industrial policy and innovation

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2024. “Doing industrial policy right: the pitfalls of protectionism.” Bennett Institute for Public Policy blog, University of Cambridge, July. Link

Aghion, P., R. Cherif, and F. Hasanov. 2022. “Fair and Inclusive Market: Why Fostering Dynamism Matters.” VoxEU, January. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and G. Xie. 2022. “Silicon Dragons: The Making of East Asia’s Electronics Champions.” Bennett Institute for Public Policy blog, University of Cambridge, July. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2021. “Charting the Long-Term Impact of Economic Ideas—The Rise and Fall of Growth Narratives.” LSE blog, January. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2021. “In the Footsteps of Bell Labs: Big Tech, Competition, and Innovation.” Bennett Institute for Public Policy blog, University of Cambridge, November. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2021. “When It Comes to Services vs. Manufacturing, Words Matter.” IMF Blog, February. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and S. Schlorke. 2020. “How Developing Countries Create Industrial Champions.” Project Syndicate, January. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2019. “All the Way to the Top: Industrial Policy, Innovation, and Sustained Growth.” IMF Blog, November. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2019. “The return of the policy that shall not be named: Principles of industrial policy.” Ideas For India, July. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2019. “The return of the policy that shall not be named: Principles of industrial policy.” VoxEU, June. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2019. “True Industrial Policy for All.” Project Syndicate, October. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and M. Zhu. 2016. “Breaking the Oil Spell: The Path to Diversification.” VoxEU, September. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and A. Jewell. 2015. “Diversifying Oil Economies in the Gulf.” IMF Arabic blog (in Arabic and English), January. Link

Macroeconomic policy

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2013. “Self-Defeating Austerity Shocks.” VoxEU, May. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2012. “Oil Exporters’ Dilemma.” VoxEU, November. Link

Energy transition and climate change

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and M. Zhu. 2021. “The Electric Vehicle Revolution Goes Global.” Project Syndicate, August. Link

IMF Blog. 2017. “Chart of the Week: Electric Takeover in Transportation” featuring “Riding the Energy Transition: Oil Beyond 2040,” July. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and A. Husain. 2017. “End of the Oil Age: Not Whether But When.” IMF Blog, September. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and A. Pande. 2017. “Riding the Energy Transition: Oil Beyond 2040.” VoxEU, September. Link

Fighting pandemics

Adler, D., R. Cherif, and F. Hasanov. 2021. “How to Deliver 10 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines at Warp Speed.” World Economic Forum, August. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and M. Zhu. 2020. “Testing our Way out of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Global Policy Opinion, November. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2020. “This is Why We Should Test Everyone for COVID-19.” World Economic Forum, December. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2020. “TIPs for Vanquishing Pandemics.” UK’s Industrial Strategy Council blog, August. Link

Cherif, R., F. Hasanov, and M. Mina. 2020. “Universal Testing to End the Pandemic.” Health Affairs blog, November. Link

Cherif, R. and F. Hasanov. 2020. “Universal Testing: An Overlooked COVID-19 Policy Response.” VoxEU, August. Link

Mazzucato, M., R. Cherif, and F. Hasanov. 2020. “How to End the Pandemic This Year.” Project Syndicate, October. Link