Technology & Innovation
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The many dimensions of mobile money: Evidence from Bangladesh
Mobile money makes transfers easier, increases rural consumption and reduces poverty, but places pressure on migrant workers to increase remittances
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Paving a path to financial well-being
Tavneet Suri talks about financial well-being as a catalyst for development in sub-Saharan Africa
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Evidence to practice: Responding to crises
Arif Husain, Chief Economist at World Food Programme, on using the best and latest technology to gather evidence to respond to humanitarian crises.*
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Evidence to practice: Meet our new audio section
Voxdev has grown! Please meet our new collection of audio content
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VoxDev turns 1! Note from the Editor-in-Chief
A note from Tavneet Suri, our Editor-in-Chief, on our one-year anniversary.
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E-commerce integration and economic development: Evidence from China
A programme introducing e-commerce into Chinese villages led to sizable gains among certain, but not all, rural households
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New technology and job destruction: When does social unrest become inevitable?
If technology-induced job losses are rapid, and affect a large part of the workforce, the risk of unrest can quickly become serious
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Incentivising technology adoption in Pakistani firms
For technology adoption to be successful, employees need to expect to share in the gains
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Political inclusion and development outcomes: Brazil introduces electronic voting
The Brazilian experience shows that removing obstacles to political participation can have sizeable effects on public policy and development outcomes