VoxDev is the home of development economics
Across our articles, podcasts, videos, VoxDevLits, and blogs, experts outline the key takeaways for policy from cutting-edge research that has been reviewed by our Editorial Board.
Upcoming VoxDevLit: Industrial Development
What have we learned about structural transformation?
On February 18, Bruno Caprettini and Luis Felipe Sáenz will discuss structural transformation, providing a brief history, key facts, and main theories.
On the economics of AI
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AI in Africa: Barriers, opportunities and policy
Can AI take off in Africa? Rose Mutiso joins us to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent, and how to make it happen.
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AI and the industrial revolution: Similarities, differences and lessons
How did society change during the industrial revolution? Are there lessons we can learn for the AI revolution?
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Economists vs Technologists on AI
Why do economists sound so different to technologists when discussing the impacts of AI?
New Video: Special Economic Zones
Special Economic Zones: Why they succeed in some countries – and fail in others
Tevin Tafese and Alex Rothenberg discuss the economy-wide impacts of Special Economic Zones.
Check out our new podcast: Ideas in Development
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Vietnam’s economy: The remarkable story of the last 50 years
Vietnam’s economic transformation is one of the most dramatic in recent history. Economist and Advisor Pham Chi Lan saw it all and tells us how it happened.
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Unlocking high-value agriculture in Peru
Peru has rapidly grown its high-value agriculture sector. The former Minister of Production, Piero Ghezzi, tells us how the government worked with the private sector to make this happen.
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How Costa Rica became an FDI powerhouse
Costa Rica has become a world leader in attracting FDI. We talked with the former Minister of Foreign Trade to find out how.
