All VoxDevTalks
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Using behavioural economics in development policy
Can the burgeoning field of behavioural economics provide important insights into development issues?
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Africa's lands of opportunity
Which African countries have the best, and worst, intergenerational mobility?
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Mark-ups in the Bangladeshi garment industry: The importance of buyer procurement
How much do international buyers in the garment industry use their market power to squeeze the mark-ups of Bangladeshi garment suppliers?
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Taxation, civic culture and state capacity
Why do some countries have high rates of taxation and high compliance, while some failed states have neither?
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Selecting better community leaders: Experimental evidence from Uganda
Should we select our community leaders through public discussion or secret ballot? Does it even matter which method we chose?
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Bureaucrats in Russia: The cost of inefficiency
How does the productivity of individual bureaucrats affect the overall efficiency of the public sector?
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Mexico’s economic growth puzzle: A conversation with Santiago Levy
Why has economic growth stuttered in Mexico despite, on the face of it, implementation of sensible economic policies by successive governments?
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RCTs in the long run
RCTs have revolutionised development policy, but do the interventions that work in the short run have a benefit 10 or 20 years later?
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Changing beliefs about education: Evidence from rural India
Beyond simply telling them or showing evidence, how can we make children in developing countries believe that education has value?