VoxDev

Where research meets practice; VoxDev is a platform for development enthusiasts to discuss key policy issues. On this channel, experts provide insightful commentary, analysis, and evidence on key policy questions and challenges in a format that is accessible to all.

Leonard Wantchekon on African development, democracy, and the African School of Economics
Leonard Wantchekon on African development, democracy, and the African School of Economics
Deforestation: VoxDevLit Launch Event
Deforestation: VoxDevLit Launch Event
India’s economic development since independence
India’s economic development since independence
Understanding the global construction sector
Understanding the global construction sector
What have we learned about women in the workforce?
What have we learned about women in the workforce?
Understanding and tackling school bullying
Understanding and tackling school bullying
Macroeconomics and climate change
Macroeconomics and climate change
Culture and economic development
Culture and economic development
Conflict and development
Conflict and development
Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world
Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world
The development bogeyman? Understanding the true role of middlemen
The development bogeyman? Understanding the true role of middlemen
Contraception without prejudice: Reducing bias in family planning
Contraception without prejudice: Reducing bias in family planning
Partnering with business for development economics research
Partnering with business for development economics research
Mobile money in Ghana: Lessons for boosting financial inclusion
Mobile money in Ghana: Lessons for boosting financial inclusion
Menstrual health: The economics of period poverty
Menstrual health: The economics of period poverty
Edutainment: Can storytelling reduce violence against women and children?
Edutainment: Can storytelling reduce violence against women and children?
Why ‘Brain Drain’ is an incomplete story of migration
Why ‘Brain Drain’ is an incomplete story of migration
Minibuses, major gains: Rethinking urban transit in developing countries
Minibuses, major gains: Rethinking urban transit in developing countries
Gas flaring threatens agriculture and livelihoods in Nigeria
Gas flaring threatens agriculture and livelihoods in Nigeria
Muhamad Chatib Basri on Promoting Economic Growth: Lessons from Indonesia
Muhamad Chatib Basri on Promoting Economic Growth: Lessons from Indonesia
Development Dialogues: What is the role of small farms in the future of agriculture?
Development Dialogues: What is the role of small farms in the future of agriculture?
Benjamin Piper on why we need to invest in foundational learning
Benjamin Piper on why we need to invest in foundational learning
Understanding Brazil’s falling income inequality
Understanding Brazil’s falling income inequality
What role can (should) economists play in shaping the future of AI?
What role can (should) economists play in shaping the future of AI?
How does social media influence conflict?
How does social media influence conflict?
Building a business from the roots up: Yonas Alemu’s journey as an Ethiopian entrepreneur
Building a business from the roots up: Yonas Alemu’s journey as an Ethiopian entrepreneur
Improving sanitation: What works and what doesn’t
Improving sanitation: What works and what doesn’t
Improving worker well-being: Good for workers, good for business
Improving worker well-being: Good for workers, good for business
What have we learned about the informal sector?
What have we learned about the informal sector?
How poverty fell: Tom Vogl
How poverty fell: Tom Vogl