VoxDev Podcasts
VoxDev has two weekly podcasts focused on development economics.
Ideas in Development
Every Tuesday, Oliver Hanney hosts conversations on the forces shaping economic development. Each series unpacks a major theme in development with the help of experts.
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Dean Karlan on USAID, evidence-based policy, and key research gaps
What does the push for evidence-based policy actually look like inside institutions?
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Ethiopia’s economy: Mamo Mihretu on economic reform and the macroeconomic foundations of growth
Mamo Mihretu on export-led manufacturing, economic reform and the macroeconomic foundations of a growing economy.
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Aggregating economic research
Rafe Meager on aggregating evidence in the social sciences, the research process, and how to read results.
VoxDevTalks
Every Wednesday, Tim Phillips talks to development economists about their research.
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The end of aid dependency
With international aid in structural decline, W. Gyude Moore argues that developing countries must recentre their strategies around growth diagnostics, tradable-sector expansion, and legally mandated development plans – using remaining aid flows stra...
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What the $1-a-day global poverty line gets wrong
The $1-a-day poverty line has long understated the true scale of global poverty. New research proposes a $21.50-a-day upper bound that would shift the focus of development policy towards broad-based economic growth.
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Why civil service reform fails – and what actually works
Martin Williams draws on over a decade of research across six African countries to explain why civil service reforms so often fall short, and what leaders should do instead.
All VoxDevTalks
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Dean Karlan on USAID, evidence-based policy, and key research gaps
What does the push for evidence-based policy actually look like inside institutions?
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The end of aid dependency
With international aid in structural decline, W. Gyude Moore argues that developing countries must recentre their strategies around growth diagnostics, tradable-sector expansion, and legally mandated development plans – using remaining aid flows strategically rather than waiting for a return to the status quo.
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Ethiopia’s economy: Mamo Mihretu on economic reform and the macroeconomic foundations of growth
Mamo Mihretu on export-led manufacturing, economic reform and the macroeconomic foundations of a growing economy.
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What the $1-a-day global poverty line gets wrong
The $1-a-day poverty line has long understated the true scale of global poverty. New research proposes a $21.50-a-day upper bound that would shift the focus of development policy towards broad-based economic growth.
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Aggregating economic research
Rafe Meager on aggregating evidence in the social sciences, the research process, and how to read results.
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Why civil service reform fails – and what actually works
Martin Williams draws on over a decade of research across six African countries to explain why civil service reforms so often fall short, and what leaders should do instead.
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The evidence gap on evidence use
Michelle Rao on evidence use, how evaluations shape funding, and a key evidence gap in development economics.
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Dani Rodrik on the end of the manufacturing escalator, service-led growth, and industrial policy for the new era
Dani Rodrik discusses the end of the manufacturing escalator – and what comes next.
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The East Asian miracle revisited: Industrial policy, shared prosperity, and lessons for today
Nancy Birdsall revisits the World Bank's landmark 1993 East Asian Miracle report, exploring how it navigated the politics of industrial policy, what it revealed about export-led manufacturing growth, and what its lessons mean for development policy today.