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
Technology & Innovation
Thomas Fujiwara
Published
24.10.17

Barriers to Technology Adoption
Eric Verhoogen discusses the organisational barriers to technology adoption based on evidence from soccer-ball producers in Pakistan.
Technology & Innovation
Eric Verhoogen
Published
19.10.17

Chris Woodruff on VoxDev
Chris Woodruff talks about his experience as a member of VoxDev’s Editorial Board and his vision for the site.
Technology & Innovation
Christopher Woodruff
Published
25.09.17

Fast internet and employment in Africa
Local employment effects of fast internet connections show that ICT might be one of the most effective employment-creating policies in Africa
Technology & Innovation
Jonas Hjort
Published
18.08.17

Mobile Money
Lisa Cook talks about the role of mobile money, which has now become a major way to make payments in the developing world. Financial literacy among a population is a key factor for economic growth of a country and mobile money schemes allow those wit...
Technology & Innovation
Lisa Cook
Published
16.07.17

Welcome to VoxDev
Editor-in-Chief Tavneet Suri explains her vision for VoxDev
Technology & Innovation
Tavneet Suri
Published
21.06.17

Engineering growth: Innovative capacity and development
The generation and diffusion of scientific knowledge and technology are assumed to be drivers of modern economic growth, but there is a lack of firm empirical evidence of this. This column uses the first detailed data on the density of engineers in t...
Technology & Innovation
William Maloney Felipe Valencia Caicedo
Published
24.03.17

The race between machines and humans: Implications for growth, factor shares and jobs
History suggests there will be no major labour market decline if the rate of automation of jobs and the creation of new tasks for workers are balanced
Technology & Innovation
Daron Acemoğlu Pascual Restrepo
Published
21.06.17