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S3 Ep39: The inequality of environmental damage

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11/15/23 • 21 min

We tend to discuss changes to the natural environment in big, global numbers. But the impact of those changes is felt in different ways by different people in different places. Tamma Carleton and Reed Walker talk to Tim Phillips about the inequality of environmental damage, and how more detailed data and analysis can help policymakers target their interventions.

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S2 Ep26: Poverty and resilience

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06/29/22 • 25 min

When households escape poverty, how likely is it they will fall back in the future? Loki Phadera of the World Bank and Hope Michelson of the University of Illinois explain to Tim Phillips why measuring resilience can give us a new perspective on how well anti-poverty programs are working – if only we can agree how to do it.

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S3 Ep43: The social cost of carbon

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12/12/23 • 21 min

What is the social cost of carbon? What can it tell us about the effects of, and the feasibility of policies to cope with, climate change? Michael Greenstone tells Tim Phillips about how the process of assigning a value to the cost of emissions, and how that can help us to think clearly about the choices we make.

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S1 Ep19: Breaking gender-barriers: How women are becoming managers

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10/16/18 • 19 min

How do we get more women in senior positions? Chris Woodruff shares insights from the Bangladeshi garment industry.

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S1 Ep48: The false promises of agricultural trials

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08/30/21 • 23 min

Often we hear exciting news of crop yields from experimental trials, but then the gains don't show up in the real world. Rachid Laajaj tells Tim Phillips how a group of researchers solved this puzzle, and what this means for how we conduct trials in future.

S2 Ep40: The impact of privatisation

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11/09/22 • 20 min

When governments want to raise revenue, they often look for state-owned assets to privatise. What is the effect on the people who work in these firms? David Arnold talks to Tim Phillips about the impact of privatisation in Brazil.

S1 Ep46: Urban-rural gaps in the developing world: Does internal migration offer opportunities?

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01/20/21 • 17 min

Policymakers might seek to address the frictions that prevent potentially beneficial migration to urban areas from taking place
Read “Urban-Rural Gaps in the Developing World: Does Internal Migration Offer Opportunities?” by David Lagakos here.

S2 Ep37: Better bureaucrats in a crisis

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10/05/22 • 14 min

What role do bureaucrats play in a crisis? We might think that the best bureaucracy would be made up of people who are very good at doing exactly what they are told. But research into the impact of the 1918 flu pandemic in India suggests that other factors may be important too. Guo Xu talks to Tim Phillips.

S4 Ep13: Further education in low- and middle-income countries

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04/03/24 • 28 min

If you go to college in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), how does it help you, and what do you get from it? Two questions that would seem to have obvious answers – but these questions may be more complicated for policymakers to answer than they seem. Jishnu Das tells Tim Phillips that “the demographic dividend seems to be turning into a demographic nightmare” – and what researchers and policymakers can do about it.

S2 Ep31: Enhancing women’s economic empowerment

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08/03/22 • 12 min

Do policies to provide women with financial resources or financial services give them more economic independence? Less often than we would like, Mikaela Rabb tells Tim Phillips.

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How many episodes does VoxDev Development Economics have?

VoxDev Development Economics currently has 229 episodes available.

What topics does VoxDev Development Economics cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Social Sciences, Science and Government.

What is the most popular episode on VoxDev Development Economics?

The episode title 'S2 Ep26: Poverty and resilience' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on VoxDev Development Economics?

The average episode length on VoxDev Development Economics is 20 minutes.

How often are episodes of VoxDev Development Economics released?

Episodes of VoxDev Development Economics are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of VoxDev Development Economics?

The first episode of VoxDev Development Economics was released on Aug 27, 2018.

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