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📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Industrial Development is out now!
Senior Editors Francesco Amodio & @mposchke summarise everything you need to know about industrialisation.
Read & download here voxdev.org/voxdevlit/indu…
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Development economics, research to practice @bjorkmanmartina M Callen @cesicruz @LagakosDavid J Naritomi @oliverhanney @emaansiddique @cepr_org @The_IGC PEDL
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A zero-cost nudge – simply listing hard-to-staff schools first in an online vacancy platform – significantly increased the share of teachers applying to and being placed in under-resourced schools.
Read this week's article to learn more: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…
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Why do many firms start informal before formalising a few years later?
Last month on VoxDev, Idossou Marius Adom (@IMFNews) discussed why many formal firms in sub-Saharan Africa only register after operating informally for the first few years: voxdev.org/topic/firms/wh…
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This week we featured research on teachers, fiscal tightening, shadow banks and more!
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-dev…
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Efficient climate policy disproportionately burdens low- and middle-income countries. Modest transfers can make it fair and feasible.
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🆕 How to make climate policy fair and efficient across countries Today on VoxDev w/ @M_Le_Moigne (Migros Bank), Simon Lepot (@UZH_en), Marcos Ritel (Kuhne Logistics University) & @simon_dzs (@UniStavanger): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…
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🆕 How to make climate policy fair and efficient across countries
Today on VoxDev w/ @M_Le_Moigne (Migros Bank), Simon Lepot (@UZH_en), Marcos Ritel (Kuhne Logistics University) & @simon_dzs (@UniStavanger): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…
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Why graduates struggle to find jobs in West Africa
Esther Mirjam Girsberger (@UTS_Economics) & Romuald Méango (@OxfordEconDept) discuss how educated workers wait for scarce jobs in labour markets characterised by severe hiring frictions: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…
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New narrative evidence for sub-Saharan Africa shows that fiscal tightening has larger negative effects on output in downturns, when implemented through spending cuts, and when aid is scarce.
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🆕 Why the costs of fiscal adjustment have been underestimated in Africa Today on VoxDev, @Hanomics2 (@IMFNews), Khalil Bechchani (@USherbrooke), Antonio David & Thibault Lemaire discuss fiscal multipliers in sub-Saharan Africa: voxdev.org/topic/macroeco…
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Can cash transfers improve well-being across generations?
Last month on VoxDev, @ProfALucas (@UDLernerCollege), Patrick McEwan (@wellesley_econ) & David Torres Irribarra (@ucatolica_eng) outlined research on Chile: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…
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In India, shadow banks do not compete with traditional banks through a single mechanism – fintech lenders use superior data technology to reach underserved borrowers in unsecured markets, while non-fintech shadow banks exploit lighter regulatory constraints in secured lending.
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🆕 Why shadow banks beat traditional lenders in some markets but not others Today on VoxDev, @KimFeCramer (@LSEfinance), Pulak Ghosh (@IIM_Bangalore), @nirupama_kulk (@cafral_rbi) & @nish_vats (@washuolin) outline research on India: voxdev.org/topic/finance/…
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🆕 Why the costs of fiscal adjustment have been underestimated in Africa
Today on VoxDev, @Hanomics2 (@IMFNews), Khalil Bechchani (@USherbrooke), Antonio David & Thibault Lemaire discuss fiscal multipliers in sub-Saharan Africa: voxdev.org/topic/macroeco…
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🆕 Why shadow banks beat traditional lenders in some markets but not others
Today on VoxDev, @KimFeCramer (@LSEfinance), Pulak Ghosh (@IIM_Bangalore), @nirupama_kulk (@cafral_rbi) & @nish_vats (@washuolin) outline research on India: voxdev.org/topic/finance/…
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Military cooperation across borders reduced violence in the Sahel
Last week on VoxDev, Marion Richard (@NovaSBE) & @olivervdeynde (@PSEresearch) discussed how military cooperation can reduce jihadist violence in border regions: voxdev.org/topic/institut…
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When ethnic diversity helps development
Last week on VoxDev, Miriam Artiles (@ucatolica_eng) discussed economic exchange and inter-ethnic cooperation in colonial Peru: voxdev.org/topic/institut…
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Imagine managing a city of four million people on an annual budget of $25 million.
Being an African mayor is hard, but the best leaders refuse to accept scarcity as an endpoint.
Astrid Haas joins @kurtislockhart @AfricaUrbanLab and @oliverhanney: youtube.com/watch?v=xc-ClA…
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Five reasons growth didn’t translate to well-being in Malaysia
Last month on VoxDev w/ @Niaz_Asadullah (University of Reading), @Qual_Analytics, @bijurao (@wb_research) & Kenneth Simler (Takoma Policy Analytics): voxdev.org/topic/macroeco…
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"When you're poor, there really is a lot that money can buy to improve your health, and when you're rich, that's somewhat less true." Adriana Lleras-Muney today on VoxDevTalks:
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🆕 The complex link between poverty and health 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, Adriana Lleras-Muney (@UCLA) discusses what drives the relationship between poverty and health, and what policymakers can do about it: voxdev.org/topic/health/c…
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Can contact between groups reduce prejudice? 📢
Last month on VoxDevTalks, @hmmlowe (@ubcVSE) highlighted the need for more rigorous evidence on interventions that reduce prejudice: voxdev.org/topic/institut…
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