Foreign aid success stories: Insights from VoxDev Over the past seven years, VoxDev has featured a range of research highlighting where coordinated well-designed aid efforts have delivered striking results. In this blog, I discuss these in detail: voxdev.org/topic/foreign-…

Over the past seven years, VoxDev has featured a range of research highlighting where coordinated well-designed aid efforts have delivered striking results. In a recent blog, Deputy Managing Editor Emaan Siddique explores the consequences of aid cuts: voxdev.org/topic/foreign-…

Contrary to popular opinion, China is unlikely to fill the void left by Western aid agencies. What does this mean for the future of foreign aid? In my latest VoxDev blog, I discuss the evidence on Chinese aid: voxdev.org/topic/foreign-…

Foreign aid: Will China fill the void? Deputy Managing Editor Emaan Siddique discusses what trends in Chinese aid disbursement tell us about the future of foreign aid: voxdev.org/topic/foreign-…

🎉 David Lagakos BU Economics & Joana Naritomi LSE have joined our Editorial Board 🎓 David & Joana join Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Mike Callen, Cesi Cruz, Oliver Hanney & Emaan Siddique. A huge thank you to Stefano Caria for his work as a board member over the last two years!

This week we featured research on inequality, pollution, daughters, investment and more... Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-dev…

Public confidence in Pakistan's bureaucratic effectiveness is at an all time low. What does research tell us about the incentives, selection, and training needed to improve the current state of civil service? I discuss in a recent VoxDev blog: voxdev.org/topic/public-e…

Recently, we hosted a great discussion on impact investing in global education with Sandeep Aneja, Jishnu Das, Steve Hardgrave, Asim I. Khwaja & Laura Savage. Watch the highlights from the webinar below⤵️

Teaching or studying economics? This blog is for you... Emaan Siddique and I have updated VoxDev's series of blogs showcasing how economists use different econometric techniques to answer interesting and important policy questions. Read here: voxdev.org/topic/examples…

🆕 Managing menstrual hygiene: The economics of period poverty 📢 Today on #VoxDevTalks, Silvia F Castro (Economics LMU Munich) & Kristina Czura (University of Groningen) explain how menstrual hygiene is just as much an economic concern as it is a public health one: voxdev.org/topic/health/m…

Our research was featured on VoxDev! Oliver Hanney , Emaan Siddique , and the stellar editorial board do a fantastic job in offering curated, accessible materials to the development research community. As a devoted reader, I am very happy to have also contributed to it :)

Public confidence in Pakistan's bureaucratic effectiveness is at an all time low. What does research tell us about the incentives and selection necessary to improve the current state of civil service? Deputy Managing Editor Emaan Siddique discusses: voxdev.org/topic/public-e…

Economists employ a wide range of econometric methods when conducting research. Here are some examples of how these techniques are used to generate interesting and useful policy insights in development economics. Oliver Hanney & Emaan Siddique discuss: voxdev.org/topic/examples…

I had the pleasure of speaking with David J. Lynch about his new book "The World’s Worst Bet" (currently #1 on Amazon for Globalization!) We spoke about the disproportionate impacts of globalization, economic development, and AI. Listen here: open.substack.com/pub/thedevelop…

🆕 Where to find development economics resources I've updated my list of all the various sources of newsletters, articles, podcasts & videos relevant to development economics that I've come across in my three years at VoxDev. Read here: voxdev.org/topic/where-fi…

With a month to go until #COP30, it's crucial that policymakers consider recent economic evidence – and the subsequent gaps – when determining priorities for climate action. In this blog, I reflect on climate research featured on VoxDev: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Political Polarisation is out now! Senior Editors Cesi Cruz (U-M College of LSA) & Horacio Larreguy (CienciaPolítica ITAM) review research on the causes and consequences of polarisation. Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/poli…