All Episodes

S4 Ep5: How BRAC partners with governments to fight poverty

How to start an export boom

S4 Ep4: Has development economics lost its way?

How global supply chains are built – and how to actually attract investment

Stefan Dercon on elite bargains and kickstarting economic growth (via the AUL Podcast)

S4 Ep3: Moving billions towards evidence

S1 Ep5: How Ethiopia reformed its economy

S4 Ep2: Aggregating evidence

S4 Ep1: The evidence gap on evidence use

Why Dani Rodrik changed his mind on manufacturing

Adopt AND innovate: How Brazil and Taiwan did both

S3 Ep7: The perfect city?

S3 Ep6: Cities of opportunity, not powder kegs

S3 Ep5: How crime takes over cities

S3 Ep4: Why was Rwanda’s land reform so successful?

S3 Ep3: YIMBY goes global? How to build more houses in Africa

S3 Ep2: How can African cities pay for stuff?

S3 Ep1: Why cities matter

S2 Ep9: The development economics of AI: Lessons and questions

S2 Ep8: What tech ministers get wrong about AI

S2 Ep7: India, AI, and the future of service-led growth

S2 Ep6: How does technology diffuse?

S2 Ep5: Three ways India is using AI for development

S2 Ep4: How to think like an economist about AI

S2 Ep3: Can AI take off in Africa?

S2 Ep2: Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI?

S2 Ep1: Economists vs Technologists on AI

S1 Ep4: Vietnam’s economy: The remarkable story of the last 50 years

S1 Ep3: Unlocking high-value agriculture in Peru

S1 Ep2: How Costa Rica became an FDI powerhouse

S1 Ep1: Why growth matters and how growth happens

S1: Introducing Ideas in Development from VoxDev