Development economics, research to practice
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🆕 Institutions, not innovation, are the barrier to Nigeria's agricultural productivity growth
Today on VoxDev w/ @iea_we, @busolatinwol (@UnilorinNGR) discusses how institutional failures prevent Nigeria's smallholders from adopting technology: voxdev.org/topic/agricult…
Non-elite women in politics: Participation, power, and patriarchal norms 📢
Last week on VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @soleprillaman (@Stanford) discussed how patriarchal norms and social networks shape non-elite women's political engagement: voxdev.org/topic/institut…
How Brazilian criminals adapted to a crackdown on trafficking in the Amazon
Last week on VoxDev, Leila Pere (@usponline), Rafael Pucci & Rodrigo R. Soares (@Insper) discussed their research on the Brazilian Amazon:
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Why civil service reform fails – and what actually works 📢
Last month on VoxDevTalks, @Mar_tinW (@umichpolisci) drew on over a decade of research across six African countries to explain why civil service reforms so often fall short: voxdev.org/topic/institut…
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🆕 How courts really work in developing countries 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Fiona Shen-Bayh (@UMDGVPT) discusses how courts in the Global South can function effectively despite weak statehood, political instability, and social fragmentation: voxdev.org/topic/institut…
The evidence gap on evidence use
Last month on Ideas in Development, @mrao_econ@CGDev joined us to discuss evidence use, her research on how evaluations shape funding, and a key evidence gap in development economics: youtube.com/watch?v=FNzZHY…
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Political economy. Working on political selection, political leaders, and corruption.
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