
Hear about the cutting edge of development economics from research to practice.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 333 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Social SciencesGovernmentScience | |||

Do economists treat what men do as normal human behaviour, and then study norms around women as a departure? If so, we need to pay more attention what we mean by masculinity.
That's what Pauline Grosjean (University of New South Wales, CEPR) does. S... 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 with leading development thinkers.
YouTube: www.youtube.com... more
More households in low-income countries own a mobile phone than have electricity or clean water. So why is education one of the last places it has been put to work?
Jenny Aker (Cornell) and Noam Angrist (Oxford) are the academic leads on a J-PAL Pol... 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=I-e0GAFGaJ0 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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2. Jenny Aker
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