
Hear about the cutting edge of development economics from research to practice.
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 345 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Social SciencesGovernmentScience | |||

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
King Leopold II of Belgium told his envoy in London that he did not want to lose his slice of "this magnificent African cake". The cake was the Congo Free State. Today the Democratic Republic of Congo holds 70% of the world's cobalt reserves, and so ... more
This is an episode from VoxDev's new podcast series, Ideas in Development. This series has a separate podcast feed, where you can find every episode of Oliver Hanney’s conversations on evidence.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8eCnQy5fF4 more
Medicine has run rigorous clinical trials since the 1940s. Development economists borrowed the structure of the trials during the credibility revolution. Chris Cotton (Queen's University) argues that they misunderstood an important part of this revol... more
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A neat, accessible way of keeping up with some of the latest development work.
Would be great if the episode note had the citation and link to the paper posted.
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This show focuses on development economics at the intersection of research and real-world policy. Episodes explore how evidence, rigorous evaluation, and innovative tools—ranging from embedded labs to AI-assisted targeting—shape donor funding, government practice, and growth in low- and middle-income countries. Guests are often leading scholars, policy practitioners, and institutional leaders who unpack how ideas move from academia into programs, with practical takeaways on measuring impact, scaling interventions, and designing governance that can credibly claim results. The series stands out for its commitment to evidence-informed policy and for hosting a broad mix of topics—from urban policy and civil service reform to microfinance and cl... more
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