International Debt: The Constructive Implications of Some Moral Mathematics
Ethics and International Affairs, Volume 21, pp. 81-98, 2007.

The Fiscal Space Conjecture: Theoretical Reflection
in Fiscal Space: Policy Options for Financing Human Development, ed. Roy Rathin and Antoine Heuty, Earthscan Press in Association with UNDP and Revenue Watch, 2009.

A Rising Tide of Demands: India's Public Institutions and the Democratic Revolution
in Public Institutions in India: Performance and Design, ed. Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 457-475.

Financing Basic Social Services”, (with J. Harrington and C.Porter)
in Choices for the Poor: Lessons from National Poverty Strategies, ed. A. Grinspun, New York: UNDP, 2001, pp. 173-202.

Introduction: Towards the Arab Renaissance.
UNDP Arab Development Challenges Background Paper, 2011: 5-11.

Social Safety Nets in Latin America and East Asia: A Comparative Study
Paper prepared for the World Bank, 1994.

Hamlet without the Prince: Politics and the Eurozone.
Economic and Political Weekly, August 4, 2012, XLVII(31), p. 9.

Europe Shall not be Crucified on Euro's Cross
The Hindu, July 16, 2012.

Central Question in Treasury Drama
Financial Times, August 20th, 2011.

The Greek Tragedy and the Political Roots of Fiscal Crisis
Triple Crisis, June 1st, 2010.