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15:46

S2 Ep14: Does being open to trade help development?

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/04/06

Economists have been arguing about whether openness to international trade creates growth for 250 years. David Atkin tells Tim Phillips about his analysis of the conditions in which increased openness improves welfare in a developing country.

18:28

S2 Ep13: Distortion by audit

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/03/30

Auditing ensures public procurement is good value. Or does it? An experiment in Chile suggests the audit itself makes procurement less efficient afterwards. Dina Pomeranz opened the black box of the audit process and tells Tim Phillips what she discovered.

21:11

S2 Ep12: Creating social cohesion in Turkey's schools

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/03/23

Turkey has received 4m refugees from Syria, a quarter of them children. How can its schools integrate so many new students, help them to make friends and to learn a new language? Sule Alan tells Tim Phillips about a program that has successfully built social cohesion in Turkey's schools.

12:31

S2 Ep11: Pensions and poverty in Paraguay

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/03/16

Paraguay, like Peru and Mexico, is supporting seniors with a monthly non-contributory pension payment. What difference does this income make to the people who receive it? Quite a lot, Sebastian Galiani tells Tim Phillips.

21:02

S2 Ep10: Food or food stamps?

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/03/09

Indonesia recently started providing vouchers instead of rice to millions of households. Elan Satriawan of National Team for Acceleration of Poverty Reduction tells Tim Phillips that this has made it possible to target aid better and is cheaper to administer too.

15:12

S2 Ep9: Is information or cash the cure for...

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/03/02

Malnutrition in children is a silent killer. Is it made worse by lack of knowledge or lack of income? Michael Levere tells Tim Phillips about an experiment in Nepal that investigated the best way to help mums-to-be.

15:20

S2 Ep8: Rural roads, agricultural extension, and...

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/02/23

In Ethiopia, one development program is building roads to remote villages, while another tries to make small farms more productive. Mesay Gebresilasse tells Tim Phillips how well the projects work individually – and how much more successful they are when implemented together.

21:20

S2 Ep7: Corruption and firms in Brazil

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/02/16

In May 2003 the Brazilian government launched an anti-corruption program that exposed and suspended corrupt public officials. Emanuele Colonnelli tells Tim Phillips that the campaign worked – and not just in the districts that were audited.

16:14

S2 Ep6: Building trust in Pakistan's court system

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/02/09

When courts lack credibility, non-state actors may step in – and the less that we engage with state institutions, the weaker they become. How do we turn this around? Daron Acemoglu tells Tim Phillips about an experiment to inspire more trust in the state among the citizens of Punjab in Pakistan.

20:12

S2 Ep5: Supporting learning out of school

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/02/02

In developing countries, more than 90% of children go to primary school. How can we best support their learning? An experiment in India targeted both the times the kids are in school, and the times they are not. Martina Björkman Nyqvist tells Tim Phillips what works -- and what doesn't.

20:09

S2 Ep4: Disaster relief in Mexico

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/01/26

The Mexican government attempted to reduce the effect of extreme weather on people’s lives by establishing FONDEN, a fund to finance recovery and reconstruction. Alejandro del Valle tells Tim Phillips whether it succeeded.

19:34

S2 Ep3: The legacy of autocracy in China

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/01/19

When state repression does its job, does it make us less charitable and less likely to speak our minds afterwards – and, if so, how long does that effect last? Melanie Meng Xue discusses the centuries-long legacy of autocratic rule in China.

16:10

S2 Ep2: The gender pay gap in India's markets

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/01/12

In almost every job, in high and low-income countries, women earn less than men. Solène Delecourt tells Tim Phillips about a series of experiments that help explain why male vegetable sellers in Jaipur, India earn more than their female competition – and what can be done about it.

18:44

S2 Ep1: Are there too many farms in the world?

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2022/01/05

Low-income countries have many small farms, and high-income countries have far fewer large farms and much higher agricultural productivity. Tim Phillips asks Mark Rosenzweig whether developing countries would be better off with bigger farms.

26:14

S1 Ep70: India's school assessments fail the...

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2021/12/15

In India, tests intended to evaluate overall student achievement, soon to be rolled out nationally, suffer from massive grade inflation - even though no children or teachers are rewarded or punished based on the results. Ahbijeet Singh tells Tim Phillips why this happens and how we can collect more reliable administrative data in future.

26:01

S1 Ep69: Stay or migrate?

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2021/12/08

A structural transformation means workers moving to cities for good jobs, or better living conditions for their families, maybe also having smaller families. But these decisions are not made independently: new research examines the trade-off that we make between migration and fertility, and suggests that China's migration and one-child policies may not have been the boost to economic growth that policymakers wanted.

19:02

S1 Ep68: Do marketers matter for entrepreneurs?

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2021/12/01

Entrepreneurs in developing countries need access to finance, education, and better institutions. But do they need more marketing? Stephen J Anderson of the University of Texas tells Tim Phillips about an experiment in Uganda that suggests that the answer is yes for both the entrepreneurs, and for economic growth.

25:48

S1 Ep67: The search for good jobs

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2021/11/24

There are 420 million young people in Africa today, but 140 million are unemployed, and another 130 million are underemployed or in working poverty. What type of interventions will help them in their search for a good job? Anna Vitali and Imran Rasul tell Tim Phillips about a multi-year experiment in Uganda that reaches some surprising conclusions.

17:26

S1 Ep66: Information operations and civilian cooperation

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2021/11/17

In many conflict situations, should winning hearts and minds be the priority? Information operations are an essential part of military strategy, but so far there have been few systematic evaluations of how well they actually work. Using a new source of data Austin Wright tells Tim Phillips about the success of one such operation in Afghanistan.

12:40

S1 Ep65: A low-cost way to raise tax revenues in Uganda

VoxDev Development Economics ·

2021/11/10

Policy to increase tax compliance in developing countries often focuses on enforcement, and that's difficult, unpopular, and costly. Are there other ways to encourage small businesses to pay tax that may be easier and cheaper? Isabelle Cohen worked with the Uganda Revenue Authority to implement a method that raised six times what it cost.

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