VoxDev Development Economics

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Hear about the cutting edge of development economics from research to practice.

Episode Date
S4 Ep17: Increasing learning at scale in Ghana
May 01, 2024
S4 Ep16: Electricity shortages and unemployment in Africa
Apr 24, 2024
S4 Ep15: The global learning crisis
Apr 17, 2024
S4 Ep14: How does cultural distance shape conflict?
Apr 10, 2024
S4 Ep13: Further education in low- and middle-income countries
Apr 03, 2024
S4 Ep12: The psychology of poverty
Mar 20, 2024
S4 Ep11: Selecting political candidates in Sierra Leone
Mar 13, 2024
S4 Ep10: Universal basic income in Kenya
Mar 06, 2024
S4 Ep9: Labour market dynamics in LMICs
Feb 27, 2024
S4 Ep8: Humanitarian aid and the costs of inaction
Feb 21, 2024
S4 Ep7: AI, entrepreneurs, and development
Feb 14, 2024
S4 Ep6: Mobile money markets and financial inclusion
Feb 07, 2024
S4 Ep5: Macro development: The emerging agenda
Jan 31, 2024
S4 Ep4: State capacity and the development of the US
Jan 24, 2024
S4 Ep3: Industrial policy for economic development
Jan 17, 2024
S4 Ep2: Place-based policies and development
Jan 10, 2024
S4 Ep1: Education markets and systems in LMICs
Jan 03, 2024
S3 Ep45: How should economic researchers give policy advice?
Dec 19, 2023
S3 Ep44: How can policy respond to rising seas?
Dec 14, 2023
S3 Ep43: The social cost of carbon
Dec 12, 2023
S3 Ep42: Bridging the divide between micro and macro research
Dec 06, 2023
S3 Ep41: Global value chains and development
Nov 29, 2023
S3 Ep40: Renewable energy in LMICs
Nov 21, 2023
S3 Ep39: The inequality of environmental damage
Nov 15, 2023
S3 Ep38: Pollution and regulation in LMICs
Nov 08, 2023
S3 Ep37: Skill versus voice in local development
Nov 01, 2023
S3 Ep36: International climate action
Oct 25, 2023
S3 Ep35: Finance and climate resilience
Oct 11, 2023
S3 Ep34: The economics of conservation in LMICs
Oct 04, 2023
S3 Ep33: Environmental economics and policy in LMICs
Sep 27, 2023
S3 Ep32: Political economy and development
Sep 20, 2023
S3 Ep31: Decentralised governance in developing countries
Sep 13, 2023
S3 Ep30: Targeting health incentives in India
Sep 06, 2023
S3 Ep29: Air pollution and infant mortality
Aug 30, 2023
S3 Ep28: Putting research into practice at the Inter-American Development Bank
Aug 23, 2023
S3 Ep27: Unpacking anti-poverty programmes
Aug 16, 2023
S3 Ep26: Politics and participatory development in Ghana
Aug 09, 2023
S3 Ep25: Research into practice: DIME
Aug 02, 2023
S3 Ep24: Understanding rural-urban migration in the developing world
Jul 26, 2023
S3 Ep23: Globalisation and the ladder of development
Jul 19, 2023
S3 Ep22: Duflo: Development in the 21st century
Jul 12, 2023
S3 Ep21: Cost-effective ways to improve global learning
Jul 05, 2023
S3 Ep20: Expanding higher education empowered women in Egypt
Jun 07, 2023
S3 Ep19: The rise and fall of local elections in China
May 31, 2023
S3 Ep18: Promoting national integration in Nigeria
May 24, 2023
S3 Ep17: Do public works programs have sustained impacts?
May 17, 2023
S3 Ep16: Public works programs in fragile economies
May 10, 2023
S3 Ep15: Rebel governance and development in El Salvador
May 03, 2023
S3 Ep14: How childcare empowers women
Apr 26, 2023
S3 Ep13: Work, women and domestic violence
Apr 19, 2023
S3 Ep12: Research into practice: evidence from healthcare
Apr 12, 2023
S3 Ep11: Can agricultural extensions be discontinued?
Apr 05, 2023
S3 Ep10: How monitoring workers can backfire
Mar 29, 2023
S3 Ep9: Mother-father differences in spending on children
Mar 15, 2023
S3 Ep8: FDI inflows and domestic firms
Mar 08, 2023
S3 Ep7: How child mortality persists across generations
Mar 01, 2023
S3 Ep6: Elite control and development in Brazil
Feb 22, 2023
S3 Ep5: The impact of public childcare in Brazil
Feb 15, 2023
S3 Ep4: Grandmothers and the Mexican labour market
Feb 08, 2023
S3 Ep3: Did joint ventures help China’s auto business?
Feb 01, 2023
S3 Ep2: Promotion, pay, and productivity
Jan 25, 2023
S3 Ep1: Democracy and infrastructure investment in Indonesia
Jan 18, 2023
S2 Ep42: Corruption in Customs
Nov 30, 2022
S2 Ep41: The benefits of road maintenance in Indonesia
Nov 23, 2022
S2 Ep40: The impact of privatisation
Nov 09, 2022
S2 Ep39: Improving the welfare of migrant workers
Nov 02, 2022
S2 Ep38: The challenges of improving public sector management
Oct 12, 2022
S2 Ep37: Better bureaucrats in a crisis
Oct 05, 2022
S2 Ep36: How corporate debarment affects workers in Brazil
Sep 28, 2022
S2 Ep35: The unequal effects of pollution
Sep 21, 2022
S2 Ep34: Job loss and crime in Brazil
Sep 15, 2022
S2 Ep33: Politics at work
Sep 07, 2022
S2 Ep32: Expanding access to clean water
Aug 10, 2022
S2 Ep31: Enhancing women’s economic empowerment
Aug 03, 2022
S2 Ep30: Criminal governance in Colombia
Jul 27, 2022
S2 Ep29: How workfare cut conflict
Jul 20, 2022
S2 Ep28: Surviving the hungry season
Jul 13, 2022
S2 Ep27: Respond or anticipate?
Jul 06, 2022
S2 Ep26: Poverty and resilience
Jun 29, 2022
S2 Ep25: Cash transfers and child health
Jun 22, 2022
S2 Ep24: How Airbel Lab creates cost-effective impact
Jun 15, 2022
S2 Ep23: Resolving disputes in Liberia
Jun 08, 2022
S2 Ep22: Seed dealers can be change agents
Jun 01, 2022
S2 Ep21: Targeting the ultra-poor in Afghanistan
May 25, 2022
S2 Ep20: Targeting the ultra-poor
May 18, 2022
S2 Ep19: Better seeds or better insurance?
May 11, 2022
S2 Ep18: Progresa's legacy, 20 years on
May 04, 2022
S2 Ep17: Hiring from suppliers and customers
Apr 27, 2022
S2 Ep16: Does workfare work?
Apr 20, 2022
S2 Ep15: Making entrepreneurs
Apr 13, 2022
S2 Ep14: Does being open to trade help development?
Apr 06, 2022
S2 Ep13: Distortion by audit
Mar 30, 2022
S2 Ep12: Creating social cohesion in Turkey's schools
Mar 23, 2022
S2 Ep11: Pensions and poverty in Paraguay
Mar 16, 2022
S2 Ep10: Food or food stamps?
Mar 09, 2022
S2 Ep9: Is information or cash the cure for malnutrition?
Mar 02, 2022
S2 Ep8: Rural roads, agricultural extension, and productivity
Feb 23, 2022
S2 Ep7: Corruption and firms in Brazil
Feb 16, 2022
S2 Ep6: Building trust in Pakistan's court system
Feb 09, 2022
S2 Ep5: Supporting learning out of school
Feb 02, 2022
S2 Ep4: Disaster relief in Mexico
Jan 26, 2022
S2 Ep3: The legacy of autocracy in China
Jan 19, 2022
S2 Ep2: The gender pay gap in India's markets
Jan 12, 2022
S2 Ep1: Are there too many farms in the world?
Jan 05, 2022
S1 Ep70: India's school assessments fail the reliability test
Dec 15, 2021
S1 Ep69: Stay or migrate?
Dec 08, 2021
S1 Ep68: Do marketers matter for entrepreneurs?
Dec 01, 2021
S1 Ep67: The search for good jobs
Nov 24, 2021
S1 Ep66: Information operations and civilian cooperation
Nov 17, 2021
S1 Ep65: A low-cost way to raise tax revenues in Uganda
Nov 10, 2021
S1 Ep64: Caste and occupation in India
Nov 03, 2021
S1 Ep63: Controlling Indonesia's forest fires
Oct 27, 2021
S1 Ep62: Buying votes
Oct 20, 2021
S1 Ep61: Incentivising Africa's businesses to pay taxes
Oct 13, 2021
S1 Ep60: The value of India's rural roads
Oct 06, 2021
S1 Ep59: Rewarding voters in Ghana
Sep 29, 2021
S1 Ep58: Families as social institutions
Sep 22, 2021
S1 Ep57: Education technology: Ready for prime time?
Sep 20, 2021
S1 Ep55: Learning from our urban past
Sep 17, 2021
S1 Ep56: Hidden unemployment in India
Sep 15, 2021
S1 Ep54: Is financial literacy necessary?
Sep 13, 2021
S1 Ep53: Slippery fish
Sep 10, 2021
S1 Ep52: Using role models in Somali schools
Sep 08, 2021
S1 Ep51: The effects of crime on jobs in Mexico
Sep 06, 2021
S1 Ep50: Reshaping gender attitudes in India
Sep 03, 2021
S1 Ep49: Letting managers manage
Sep 01, 2021
S1 Ep48: The false promises of agricultural trials
Aug 30, 2021
S1 Ep47: Public disclosure as a political incentive: Evidence from municipal elections in India
Feb 24, 2021
S1 Ep47: The unintended impacts of formal credit programmes on social networks: Evidence from India
Feb 17, 2021
S1 Ep47: Learning-by-doing: Navigating financial technologies among Bangladeshi factory workers
Feb 02, 2021
S1 Ep47: Is faster always better? Evidence from Mexico’s digital credit market
Feb 01, 2021
S1 Ep46: Designing more effective interventions to prevent childhood stunting: Evidence from Nigeria
Jan 27, 2021
S1 Ep47: Designing more effective interventions to prevent childhood stunting: Evidence from Nigeria
Jan 27, 2021
S1 Ep46: Urban-rural gaps in the developing world: Does internal migration offer opportunities?
Jan 20, 2021
S1 Ep46: Unintended consequences: How workfare programmes may fuel school dropouts in India
Jan 13, 2021
S1 Ep46: How does shame and embarrassment impact social learning? Evidence from India
Jan 06, 2021
S1 Ep46: Failure of frequent assessment: Evidence from India’s continuous and comprehensive evaluation programme
Dec 08, 2020
S1 Ep45: Should electricity be a right? Evidence from India
Nov 25, 2020
S1 Ep45: Technology as a tool for governance: Evidence from China
Nov 11, 2020
S1 Ep45: How does funding influence sectoral and geographic spread of NGOs?
Nov 04, 2020
S1 Ep45: Gender norms, rule of law, and female entrepreneurship in developing countries
Oct 28, 2020
S1 Ep45: The selection of talent: Experimental and structural evidence from Ethiopia
Oct 21, 2020
S1 Ep45: Paying outsourced labour: Evidence from Argentina
Oct 14, 2020
S1 Ep45: Incentivising behavioural change: The role of time preferences
Oct 07, 2020
S1 Ep45: Do social structures affect the success of development policies?
Sep 23, 2020
S1 Ep45: Negotiating a better future: Experimental evidence from Zambia
Sep 02, 2020
S1 Ep45: Cities in the developing world
Aug 26, 2020
S1 Ep45: Breaking down access constraints faced by women: Experimental evidence from Pakistan
Aug 12, 2020
S1 Ep44: Pipe dreams: Enforcing payment for water and sanitation services in Kenya
Aug 05, 2020
S1 Ep44: Trade in developing economies
Jul 29, 2020
S1 Ep43: Inclusive growth dividend: Reframing the role of income transfers in India
Jul 15, 2020
S1 Ep43: Does vocational educational training work? Experimental evidence from Mongolia
Jul 08, 2020
S1 Ep42: Reducing rates of child marriage: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Jul 01, 2020
S1 Ep42: Poverty and depression: How improving mental health can help economic wellbeing
Jun 17, 2020
S1 Ep41: Incentivising bureaucrats through performance-based postings: Experimental evidence from Pakistan
Jun 10, 2020
S1 Ep40: Social learning in agriculture: Experimental evidence from Malawi
Jun 03, 2020
S1 Ep39: Does household electrification supercharge economic development?
May 27, 2020
S1 Ep38: Cash transfers and the wider economy: Evidence from Kenya
May 20, 2020
S1 Ep37: How to protect the poor in the time of COVID-19?
May 06, 2020
S1 Ep36: Cushioning the effects of COVID-19 on the poor
Apr 29, 2020
S1 Ep35: Migration and risk sharing: Evidence from Bangladesh
Apr 15, 2020
S1 Ep35: Alcohol and self-control: Evidence from India
Apr 08, 2020
S1 Ep34: Alleviating financial strain to drive productivity: Evidence from India
Apr 01, 2020
S1 Ep33: Increasing sleep for the urban poor: Evidence from India
Mar 25, 2020
S1 Ep32: Taxation, civic culture and state capacity
Jan 08, 2020
S1 Ep31: Mexico’s economic growth puzzle: A conversation with Santiago Levy
Dec 04, 2019
S1 Ep30: Multinational enforcement of labour laws: Evidence from Bangladesh
Oct 23, 2019
S1 Ep29: Lessons from Mexico’s poverty reduction programme
Oct 09, 2019
S1 Ep28: Does research translate into policy? Evidence from Brazilian municipalities
Oct 02, 2019
S1 Ep27: The future of the World Bank: Why knowledge is power
Sep 11, 2019
S1 Ep26: The changing face of development: Backlash against globalisation
Jun 25, 2019
S1 Ep25: The changing face of development: The elite capture of democracy
Jun 25, 2019
S1 Ep24: The changing face of development: The gap between macroeconomic policy and research
Jun 25, 2019
S1 Ep23: Ending global poverty: Why money is not enough
Jun 07, 2019
S1 Ep22: Power to the people: The impact of political report cards in India
May 22, 2019
S1 Ep21: Where are the Indian female politicians?
May 17, 2019
S1 Ep20: Technology transfer and the rise of China
May 08, 2019
S1 Ep19: Why studies should be conducted on a larger scale
Oct 16, 2018
S1 Ep19: Breaking gender-barriers: How women are becoming managers
Oct 16, 2018
S1 Ep18: Evidence to practice: Time to bridge the gap
Oct 16, 2018
S1 Ep17: Evidence to practice: Reforming private healthcare in India
Oct 16, 2018
S1 Ep16: Achieving inclusive growth in Asia
Oct 16, 2018
S1 Ep15: Evidence to practice: Unintended consequences in the absence of data
Oct 16, 2018
S1 Ep46: The political economy of donor funding: Insights from USAID
Sep 12, 2018
S1 Ep14: Is aid effective?
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep13: Ideas for development
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep12: Achieving meaningful impact through aid
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep11: Tackling food insecurity
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep9: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep8: The effects of pay inequality
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep7: What is holding firms back?
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep6: Globalisation and development
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep5: Childcare and development
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep4: If she builds it, they won’t come: The gender profit gap
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep3: Productivity and energy-saving technology
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep2: Building a functional state in difficult places
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep1: Building effective and functioning cities
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep1: Harnessing FDI in Africa
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep2: The backlash against globalisation
Sep 08, 2018
S1 Ep1: Paving a path to financial well-being
Aug 27, 2018