VoxDev Development Economics

Social Sciences #96

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

S6 Ep23: Why we need to invest in foundational learning
Jun 11, 2025 – 30:15
S6 Ep22: Understanding Brazil’s falling income inequality
Jun 4, 2025 – 23:59
S6 Ep21: Can economists shape the future of AI?
May 28, 2025 – 35:51
S6 Ep20: How does social media influence conflict?
May 21, 2025 – 18:36
S6 Ep19: Lovegrass Ethiopia: Building a business from the roots up
May 14, 2025 – 32:49
S6 Ep18: Improving sanitation: What works and what doesn’t
May 8, 2025 – 18:41
S6 Ep17: Improving worker well-being
May 1, 2025 – 30:36
S6 Ep16: What have we learned about the informal sector?
Apr 24, 2025 – 36:10
S6 Ep15: How poverty fell
Apr 17, 2025 – 22:14
S5 Ep5: Development Dialogues: Who will pay for the global energy transition?
Apr 15, 2025 – 39:28
S6 Ep14: Graduation programmes: BRAC’s approach to targeting the ultra-poor
Apr 9, 2025 – 34:17
S6 Ep13: Profit shifting hits developing countries hardest
Apr 2, 2025 – 24:26
S5 Ep4: Development Dialogues: Are vocational training programmes effective?
Apr 1, 2025 – 37:40
S6 Ep12: Can safe transport unlock women’s labour force participation?
Mar 27, 2025 – 23:38
S6 Ep11: Is debt leading to the unsustainable exploitation of natural resources?
Mar 19, 2025 – 29:45
S6 Ep10: Simon Johnson on geopolitics, AI, and the future of global development
Mar 12, 2025 – 32:49
S6 Ep9: Rebuilding Sudan’s digital infrastructure amidst conflict
Mar 5, 2025 – 26:20
S6 Ep8: Bangladesh’s path forward: Leveraging evidence-based policy
Feb 26, 2025 – 23:25
S5 Ep3: Development dialogues: The future of evidence-based policy-making
Feb 24, 2025 – 42:19
S6 Ep7: How do cash transfers impact prices?
Feb 19, 2025 – 25:30
S6 Ep6: The economics of ecosystems
Feb 12, 2025 – 36:08
S6 Ep5: Peacemaking, peacebuilding and post-war reconstruction
Feb 5, 2025 – 31:26
S6 Ep4: What have we learned about microfinance?
Jan 30, 2025 – 31:11
S6 Ep3: How can countries develop their economies in a changed world?
Jan 22, 2025 – 29:30
S6 Ep2: Rethinking evidence in development economics
Jan 15, 2025 – 28:43
S6 Ep1: How does internet connectivity impact developing economies?
Jan 8, 2025 – 23:06
S4 Ep53: The role of evidence at development finance institutions
Dec 19, 2024 – 29:42
S5 Ep2: Development Dialogues: How can emerging economies break free from the sidelines of global trade?
Dec 17, 2024 – 35:32
S4 Ep52: Why do protests matter?
Dec 12, 2024 – 32:42
S4 Ep51: How the urban environment can adapt to climate change
Dec 10, 2024 – 24:18
S4 Ep50: Helping jobseekers signal their skills
Dec 5, 2024 – 17:59
S4 Ep49: The history of cash transfers
Dec 3, 2024 – 37:46
S4 Ep48: The high price of Pakistan’s polluting power contracts
Nov 27, 2024 – 29:47
S4 Ep47: How government analytics can improve public sector implementation
Nov 20, 2024 – 46:23
S4 Ep46: Designing cities in developing countries
Nov 13, 2024 – 31:34
S4 Ep45: Strengthening climate resilience in agriculture
Nov 7, 2024 – 22:46
S5 Ep1: Development Dialogues: Financing climate adaptation
Nov 5, 2024 – 34:19
S4 Ep43: The role of cities in economic development
Oct 30, 2024 – 23:36
S4 Ep42: Can we use experiments to understand institutions?
Oct 23, 2024 – 30:47
S4 Ep41: What can we learn from food economics?
Oct 16, 2024 – 32:40
S4 Ep40: How connecting firms to markets can promote economic development
Oct 9, 2024 – 19:18
S4 Ep39: The gap between education policy and practice
Oct 3, 2024 – 18:13
S4 Ep38: Navigating macroeconomic shocks in sub-Saharan Africa
Sep 25, 2024 – 39:01
S4 Ep37: How do floods impact economic development?
Sep 18, 2024 – 28:44
S4 Ep36: How meritocracy varies across the world
Sep 11, 2024 – 17:32
S4 Ep35: Improving access to clean water
Sep 4, 2024 – 22:26
S4 Ep34: The past, present and future of development economics
Aug 28, 2024 – 38:34
S4 Ep33: Measuring upward mobility in developing countries
Aug 21, 2024 – 35:04
S4 Ep32: Communicating evidence on education policy
Aug 14, 2024 – 25:48
S4 Ep31: The role of economics in promoting lasting peace
Aug 1, 2024 – 18:57