Blogs & op-eds
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
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