
The Growth Research Podcast explores important new research on the challenges faced by developing economies.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 35 | Founded | 10 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EducationSociety & Culture | |||

In Uganda, every sale between two VAT-registered firms reaches the tax authority twice. The seller reports it, and so does the buyer. But the two numbers rarely match. In Turkiye, a supplier that installs its first industrial robot doesn’t make an an... more
Name a rich country that did not move its farm workers into factories, because Michael Peters says it would be hard to find one. Many years ago, Europe and the US took that road, then Japan and Korea, then China and Vietnam. But when workers in India... more
Some studies find that AI destroys jobs, some find no effect, and some find that it creates them. Gustavo de Souza of the Chicago Fed argues that AI has different labour market impacts in different occupations. To test this, he uses records of Brazil... more
A tractor can plough an acre of Kenyan maize land in about an hour and a half. By hand, it takes a farmer nearly a week. Few smallholders can afford to buy a tractor, so they rent one. The tractor’s owner often lives in town, and employs an operator ... more
In many cities in low-income countries, the grid fails often enough that businesses keep a diesel generator out the back. So an unreliable electricity grid looks like it is holding poor economies back. In many countries, lenders are putting money beh... more
In 2010, fast broadband in Colombia reached Bogota. Then the government began to lay fibre to hundreds more municipalities. Factories in those towns gained the tools city firms already had: a website, online orders, job ads, video calls, bank transfe... more
Kampala's street vendors and boda boda drivers own little that ties them to one spot. The fruit seller has a wheelbarrow. Yet a vendor in a parish near the top of the city's profit ladder earns more than three times as much as a similar vendor near t... more
Conversations on Transformation, a STEG podcast
A wage job in a poor country is a precarious thing. In the poorest economies in Todd Schoellman's sample, more than 20% of wage workers lose their job within three months, against under 5% in rich coun... more
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This program centers on structural transformation, economic development, and policy implications in low- and middle-income contexts. Across episodes, listeners encounter research on land reform, migration, urban transport, energy policy, and productivity, often with a focus on how institutions, credit systems, and policy design shape outcomes for workers, households, and communities. The discussions frequently highlight practical policy levers—regulatory reforms, targeted investments, and governance improvements—that aim to boost productivity, inclusion, and resilience without assuming large new infrastructure expenditures. A notable pattern is the emphasis on real-world trade-offs and heterogeneity in results, suggesting a listener audienc... more
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2. Gustavo de Souza
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