The Shape Lagos Takes When No One Is Planning It
On informal urbanism, and what the city's edges reveal about how Lagos works.
Read Essay →Essays and book reviews
Updated when there's something worth saying, not on a schedule. Writing on capital, cities, governance, and development.
Selected Writings
Patient Capital, Impatient Markets
The timelines investors want and the timelines development requires rarely match. That mismatch has a cost.
Read Essay →How Asia Works, and What It Leaves Unanswered for Africa
Joe Studwell's case for land reform and export discipline holds up. The parts that don't translate say a lot about the starting point.
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