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Ideas in Development

Ideas in Development

Conversations on the forces shaping economic development.

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34 episodes

  1. S4 Ep7: Does Africa need development economics? 46:05
  2. S4 Ep6: GiveDirectly’s quest for scale 55:10
  3. S4 Ep5: How BRAC partners with governments to fight poverty 49:40
  4. How to start an export boom 30:34
  5. S4 Ep4: Has development economics lost its way? 52:42
  6. How global supply chains are built – and how to actually attract investment 1:03:37
  7. Stefan Dercon on elite bargains and kickstarting economic growth (via the AUL Podcast) 1:25:24
  8. S4 Ep3: Moving billions towards evidence 50:46
  9. S1 Ep5: How Ethiopia reformed its economy 51:36
  10. S4 Ep2: Aggregating evidence 46:14
  11. S4 Ep1: The evidence gap on evidence use 37:52
  12. Why Dani Rodrik changed his mind on manufacturing 57:50
  13. Adopt AND innovate: How Brazil and Taiwan did both 34:03
  14. S3 Ep7: The perfect city? 36:31
  15. S3 Ep6: Cities of opportunity, not powder kegs 55:06
  16. S3 Ep5: How crime takes over cities 50:23
  17. S3 Ep4: Why was Rwanda’s land reform so successful? 1:03:22
  18. S3 Ep3: YIMBY goes global? How to build more houses in Africa 46:22
  19. S3 Ep2: How can African cities pay for stuff? 35:24
  20. S3 Ep1: Why cities matter 28:41
  21. S2 Ep9: The development economics of AI: Lessons and questions 27:21
  22. S2 Ep8: What tech ministers get wrong about AI 52:01
  23. S2 Ep7: India, AI, and the future of service-led growth 45:48
  24. S2 Ep6: How does technology diffuse? 40:03
  25. S2 Ep5: Three ways India is using AI for development 42:11
  26. S2 Ep4: How to think like an economist about AI 42:05
  27. S2 Ep3: Can AI take off in Africa? 29:20
  28. S2 Ep2: Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI? 39:06
  29. S2 Ep1: Economists vs Technologists on AI 17:15
  30. S1 Ep4: Vietnam’s economy: The remarkable story of the last 50 years 58:25
  31. S1 Ep3: Unlocking high-value agriculture in Peru 1:07:06
  32. S1 Ep2: How Costa Rica became an FDI powerhouse 53:37
  33. S1 Ep1: Why growth matters and how growth happens 18:00
  34. S1: Introducing Ideas in Development from VoxDev 4:43