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VoxDev Development Economics

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  • Hear about the cutting edge of development economics from research to practice.
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  • S4 Ep17: Increasing learning at scale in Ghana

    S4 Ep17: Increasing learning at scale in Ghana
    May 1 2024
    How can we take what we learn in educational RCTs and apply it at scale to many
    schools, maybe in many countries? Adrienne Lucas talks to Tim Phillips about the
    project she was part of to improve learning in Ghana, the difference between small-
    and large-scale trials, and the challenge of implementing policies results without
    perfect compliance or daily monitoring.
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    26 mins
  • S4 Ep16: Electricity shortages and unemployment in Africa

    S4 Ep16: Electricity shortages and unemployment in Africa
    Apr 24 2024
    In high-income countries, we take a reliable electricity supply for granted. But in parts
    of the world where that reliable electricity supply isn’t available, what is the effect of
    frequent power outages on employment? Justice Tei Mensah of The World Bank tells
    Tim Phillips about how power cuts translate to job cuts.
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    21 mins
  • S4 Ep15: The global learning crisis

    S4 Ep15: The global learning crisis
    Apr 17 2024
    In September 2022 António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, convened the Transforming Education Summit by telling education stakeholders from around the world that education is “beset by inequalities and struggling to adjust to the needs of the 21st century”. Their task: to tackle the global learning crisis by transforming their education systems. Robert Jenkins of UNICEF talks to Tim Phillips about the progress that has been made to solve what he calls “the global learning crisis”.
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    30 mins
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