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Episode 54 Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet 2026: Why Isn't Having a Job Enough to End Poverty?
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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Episode 53 External Assessments: What Really Drives Public Service Quality?
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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Episode 52 If You Build It, Will They Click? The Behavioral Science of Digital Government
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Episode 51 The “So What?” of Employee Surveys: Turning Data into Action
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Episode 50 How Can Resource-Rich Countries Turn Windfalls into Resilience?
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Episode 49 Administrative Data: The Government’s Hidden Asset
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Episode 48 Raise Revenue Better: What Makes a Tax System Actually Work?
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Episode 47 The Foundations: Are Governments Measuring What Matters?
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Episode 46 The Overview: Unlocking the Data Governments Already Have
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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Episode 45 Can South Asia Stay as the World’s Fastest-Growing Region?
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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Episode 44 AI Is Ready—but Are Developing Countries? Insights from the World Development Report 2026
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Episode 43 Monitoring, Managing, and Markets: Tools for Clean Air - Managing
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Episode 42 Less Than a Dollar, Lasting Change: Building Growth Mindsets in Indonesia
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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Episode 41 The Institutions Behind the Switch: Who Keeps the Lights On in Africa?
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Episode 40 Can Countries Escape the Debt Trap? Lessons from the Latest Global Outlook
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Episode 39 How a WhatsApp Game Helped People Resist Health Misinformation
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Episode 38 The Next Growth Model: How East Asia Can Thrive in an AI-Driven World
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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Episode 37 When One Shipping Route Stops: The Global Shock Behind Rising Prices and Slower Growth
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Episode 36 The Return of Industrial Policy: What's Driving the Surge in Europe and Central Asia?
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May 09, 2026 |
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Episode 35 WDR2025 Mini Series: 3 How Do Standards Help Us Breathe Cleaner Air?
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May 02, 2026 |
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Episode 34 Can Standards Make—or Break—Firms and Services?
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Episode 33 How Can Standards Unlock or Block Development?
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Episode 32 From Dialogue to Direction: AGORA 2025 on Rethinking Agriculture as a System in Africa
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Episode 31 From Dialogue to Direction: What AGORA 2025 Revealed About Africa’s Energy Future
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Episode 30 The Jobs Reinvention in Europe and Central Asia
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Episode 29 From Bananas and Pineapples to iPhones: A New Framework for Industrial Policy
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Episode 28 Research Currents: Africa’s Energy – 1 When the Lights Stay Off
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Episode 27 Monitoring, Managing, and Markets: Tools for Clean Air - 1 Monitoring
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Episode 26 Unlocking Growth by Closing Gender Gaps: Insights from Women, Business and the Law 2026
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Episode 25 One Apple, Fifteen Rules: How Agrifood Standards Shape Markets
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Episode 24 Rethinking Growth: How Investing in Education Lifted the World’s Poorest
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Episode 23 Can Frontier Markets Deliver Jobs in Time for the World’s Next 2.6 Billion People?
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Episode 22 Resilient on the Surface, Fragile Underneath: Inside the Global Growth Downshift
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Episode 21 Sixty Dollars a Barrel: Turning a Global Oversupply into a Policy Opportunity
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Episode 20 The Power of Standards: Why a Metal Box, a Checklist, and a Plug Socket Can Change an Economy
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Episode 19 One Reform Won’t Do It: The Surprising Power of Policy Packages to Spark Growth
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Episode 18 Rethinking Resilience: Why Households Are the Real Engine of Climate Adaptation
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Episode 17 Engineering an Economic Miracle: A Roadmap for Ukraine's Recovery
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Episode 16 Breaking the Cycle: Conflict, Poverty, and a Path to Economic Recovery
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Episode 15 The Silent Majority Awakens: Unlocking Collective Action for a Greener Future
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Episode 14 The Gender Dividend: How Equality Fuels Economic Transformation
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 13 Turning the Tide: How to Revive Global Investment in a Fragmented World
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Episode 12 The Psychology of Paying Taxes: How the Nudge, Budge and Trudge Create Big Revenue
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Episode 11 (Researchers edition). Tracking Inclusion: How Mobile Tech is Shaping Financial Access
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 11 Tracking Inclusion: How Mobile Tech is Shaping Financial Access
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 10 (Researchers edition). Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration for Global Development
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Episode 10 Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration for Global Development
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Episode 9 (Researchers edition). Global Economic Prospects: How to accelerate growth
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Episode 9 Global Economic Prospects: How to accelerate growth
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Episode 8 (Researchers edition). From Bytes to Better Lives: Unlocking the Power of Data for Development
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Episode 8 From Bytes to Better Lives: Unlocking the Power of Data for Development
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Episode 7 (Researchers edition). Global Value Chains, a powerful driver for economic progress
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Episode 7 Global Value Chains, a powerful driver for economic progress
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Episode 6 (Researchers Edition): Mind, Method & Meta-Analysis: Behavioral Nudges for COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
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May 29, 2025 |
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Episode 6 Mind, Method & Meta-Analysis: Behavioral Nudges for COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
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May 29, 2025 |
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Episode 5 (Researchers edition). International Debt Report
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May 24, 2025 |
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Episode 5 International Debt Report
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May 24, 2025 |
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Episode 4 (Researchers edition). The Changing Nature of Work
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May 15, 2025 |
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Episode 4 The Changing Nature of Work
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May 15, 2025 |
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Episode 3 (Researchers edition). Are we Business Ready? Rethinking the Real Barriers to Growth
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May 08, 2025 |
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Episode 3 Are we Business Ready? Rethinking the Real Barriers to Growth
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May 08, 2025 |
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Episode 2 (Researchers edition). From Investment to Innovation: How to Escape the Middle-Income Trap
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May 01, 2025 |
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Episode 2 From Investment to Innovation: How to Escape the Middle-Income Trap
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May 01, 2025 |
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Episode 1 (Researchers edition). Empowering women: How to turbocharge global growth.
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Episode 1 Empowering women: How to turbocharge global growth.
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Apr 04, 2025 |