Episodios

  • S4 Ep30: Vocational and apprenticeship training in developing countries

    S4 Ep30: Vocational and apprenticeship training in developing countries
    Jul 30 2024
    It makes sense that vocational training and apprenticeships would be an effective way to help young people find productive work in the global south. But evidence to support this reasonable assumption has been weak, and many researchers find little or no effect. Subha Mani and Neha Agarwal have reviewed the evidence, and they tell Tim Phillips that one type of training shows strong results. It’s just not the type that is often implemented.
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    22 m
  • S4 Ep29: How do fathers influence early childhood development?

    S4 Ep29: How do fathers influence early childhood development?
    Jul 24 2024
    Mothers traditionally provide most of the care for children in early years. What role
    do fathers play, what difference would it make if they did more, and how could policy
    incentivise them to do exactly that? David Evans and Pamela Jakiela talk to Tim
    Phillips about the benefit of involving fathers in early childhood development, but
    also how adapting parenting programmes to involve fathers isn’t straightforward.
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    23 m
  • S4 Ep28: Paul Collier: Economics for the left behind

    S4 Ep28: Paul Collier: Economics for the left behind
    Jul 17 2024
    Paul Collier has for many years challenged the conventional wisdom of development
    economics, bringing our attention to the real-world impact of policies many of us take
    for granted. His new book is called Left Behind. It is about how some countries or
    regions in the world fall behind, and what we can do to help them recover. In this
    week’s episode he talks to Tim Phillips about what causes a place to be left behind,
    the difficulty in stopping that downward spiral, and what the places that have
    recovered have in common.
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    50 m
  • S4 Ep27: Can flexible work bypass gender norms?

    S4 Ep27: Can flexible work bypass gender norms?
    Jul 10 2024
    If women in developing countries want to work, what keeps them out of the labour
    force? Is it the other tasks they have to do, or the expectations of the people around
    them? Two new papers experiment with the effect of offering flexible working to
    women in India, Lisa Ho talks to Tim Phillips about what the results might mean for
    the millions of women in India and beyond who would like to work, but don’t.
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    26 m
  • S4 Ep26: Maximising impact: Open Philanthropy's approach to choosing causes

    S4 Ep26: Maximising impact: Open Philanthropy's approach to choosing causes
    Jul 3 2024
    If you want to do good, and do not have unlimited funds, how do you choose? Which
    places, people, and situations are most deserving? Do you invest in economic
    benefits or lives saved? Open Philanthropy in an organisation that aims to rigorously
    optimise the impact of every dollar it spends. Emily Oehlsen tells Tim Phillips about
    its successes so far, and how it still sometimes gets it wrong.
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    26 m
  • S4 Ep25: Rethinking how we measure extreme poverty

    S4 Ep25: Rethinking how we measure extreme poverty
    Jun 26 2024
    Many of us can recall when we first discovered there were more than a billion people
    in the world who lived on “a dollar a day”. This extreme poverty line been effective at
    raising awareness of the goals of development. But, if we want to eradicate poverty
    rather than describe it, is it a useful tool – and what could improve on it? Charles
    Kenny discusses how the line is drawn, and how it could be improved, with Tim
    Phillips.
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    24 m
  • S4 Ep24: Depression and loneliness among the elderly in LMICs

    S4 Ep24: Depression and loneliness among the elderly in LMICs
    Jun 19 2024
    In developing countries, we know comparatively little about how well the elderly cope
    with problems like depression and loneliness. There are few policies to support
    sufferers, partly because of this lack of data. Maddie McKelway and Garima Sharma
    tell Tim Phillips about some of the surprising revelations of a new cross-country
    study and suggest ways in which policy can improve the mental health of seniors.
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    23 m
  • S4 Ep23: Adaptation on the frontline of climate change

    S4 Ep23: Adaptation on the frontline of climate change
    Jun 12 2024
    “There’s only so much adapting you can do with so few resources.” That’s a warning
    from Asif Saleh, the executive director of BRAC, about the impact of the climate
    crisis in Bangladesh. Changes in the climate are causing severe problems already
    for millions of the world’s poorest people. A combination of ingenuity and hard work
    is staving off disaster for now – but for how long?
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    29 m