Technology & Innovation
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Research and development: The research institutes that changed Taiwan and Brazil
Karthik Tadepalli on why adopt vs innovate is a false dichotomy, how Taiwan and Brazil did both, and why R&D should be a central part of the development playbook.
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The development economics of AI: Lessons & questions
What we learned from our series on AI.
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AI policy in developing countries
Umar Saif on why data and politics, not technology, are the real bottlenecks to AI in developing countries, and why the rush towards sovereign AI capacity may be a costly distraction.
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Technology diffusion: The role of venture capital, universities and China
Josh Lerner discusses why there is a gap between innovation and impact, and how policymakers can speed up technological diffusion.
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Three ways India is using AI for development
Organisations in India are already using AI for development across its courts, classrooms and farms.
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AI in Africa: Barriers, opportunities and policy
Can AI take off in Africa? Rose Mutiso joins us to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent, and how to make it happen.
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Economists vs Technologists on AI
Why do economists sound so different to technologists when discussing the impacts of AI?
Technology and Development: VoxDevLit Launch Event
In this VoxDevLit launch event, Julieta Caunedo and Tommaso Porzio will review the economic evidence on technology and development.
Zoom
15 June 2026
13:00 – 14:00 GMT
AI Agents for Economics Research
On Thursday March 12th (13:30 GMT), Aniket Panjwani will take us through how development economists can get set up to use agents for research, focusing on the cheapest options currently available, and general lessons for working with agents.
Zoom
12 March 2026
13:30 – 14:30 GMT