VoxDev Development Economics
Episodes
S1 Ep1: Building effective and functioning cities
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Glaeser explains why cities are the best pathway to prosperity and outlines three lessons from over 30 years of economics research on urbanisation....
S1 Ep1: Harnessing FDI in Africa
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The narrative around Africa has changed over the last decade with it now being heralded as the economic powerhouse of the future. Many countries in Su...
S1 Ep2: The backlash against globalisation
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Van Reenen, Professor at MIT Department of Economics and Sloan School of Management, gives a brief explanation of the ways that the current backl...
S1 Ep1: Paving a path to financial well-being
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tavneet Suri tells Tim Phillips about the rise of digital credit in Kenya. Who receives digital loans? What the loans are used for? How do they affect...