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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How courts really work in developing countries
Courts in the Global South often operate under conditions of weak statehood, political instability, and social fragmentation – yet research shows they can still function effectively, sometimes in unexpected ways.
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Non-elite women in politics: Participation, power, and patriarchal norms
Efforts to close gender gaps in politics have focused heavily on getting women elected to parliament, but this overlooks the very different challenges facing non-elite women. New research examines how patriarchal norms, social networks, and a lack of...
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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...
