 A World Bank paper published in 2011 on Regional Research and Design Strategy for Innovation in the Western Balkan Countries, which Nayak has guided, identifies key issues and implication of technical assistance.Nayak has published in the area of exploitative informal labour, particularly on harmful child labour, for the International Finance Corporation.Nayak discusses the implication of such labour in the private sector and how private companies can go about detecting it in the supply chain and addressing it towards sound labour practices.