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    VoxDev Development Economics

    VoxDev Development Economics

    VoxDev Development Economics

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    Length:
    201 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Hear about the cutting edge of development economics from research to practice.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 201 episodes

    Title

    S4 Ep18: Harnessing technology to boost African agriculture

    Agriculture makes up a large share of employment and GDP in Africa, but crop yields rem...

    17 minutes
    		May 08, 2024

    S4 Ep17: Increasing learning at scale in Ghana

    How can we take what we learn in educational RCTs and apply it at scale to many schools...

    26 minutes
    		May 01, 2024

    S4 Ep16: Electricity shortages and unemployment in Africa

    In high-income countries, we take a reliable electricity supply for granted. But in par...

    21 minutes
    		Apr 24, 2024

    S4 Ep15: The global learning crisis

    In September 2022 António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, convened the Transforming Edu...

    29 minutes
    		Apr 17, 2024

    S4 Ep14: How does cultural distance shape conflict?

    What determines how a war is fought, and who chooses to fight it? Eleonora Guarnieri of...

    30 minutes
    		Apr 10, 2024

    S4 Ep13: Further education in low- and middle-income countries

    If you go to college in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), how does it help you, a...

    28 minutes
    		Apr 03, 2024

    S4 Ep12: The psychology of poverty

    Does being rich make us happy, or is it being richer than other people that matters? Wi...

    18 minutes
    		Mar 20, 2024

    S4 Ep11: Selecting political candidates in Sierra Leone

    Who should select political candidates, the people or the party? Abou Bakarr Kamara and...

    15 minutes
    		Mar 13, 2024

    S4 Ep10: Universal basic income in Kenya

    Universal basic income – UBI – has always been more an economic thought experiment than...

    24 minutes
    		Mar 06, 2024

    S4 Ep9: Labour market dynamics in LMICs

    The process that economists call labour market dynamics lets workers improve their live...

    20 minutes
    		Feb 27, 2024