

Oliver Hanney
Managing Editor, VoxDev
Oliver Hanney is the Managing Editor of VoxDev, based out of CEPR's London office. Before joining in 2022 he completed his MSc in Economics for Development at Oxford, and before that a BSc in Economics at Warwick. He is passionate about ensuring the best research is presented in an accessible manner to the right people. Contact: [email protected]; [email protected]
Recent work by Oliver Hanney
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This week in development economics at VoxDev: 09/05/2025
This week we featured research on refugees, tax amnesty, illegal animal trade and more...
Published 09.05.25
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How are we using AI at VoxDev?
Having used generative AI for over a year, I thought I’d reflect on how it helps us to manage a website like VoxDev, across a range of functions including editing, writing, images and ideas.
Published 07.05.25
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This week in development economics at VoxDev: 02/05/2025
This week we featured research on religion, hiring, Progresa, worker welfare and more...
Published 02.05.25
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This week in development economics at VoxDev: 25/04/2025
This week we featured research on export-led growth, populism, digitalisation, politics and more...
Published 25.04.25
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This week in development economics at VoxDev: 17/04/2025
This week we featured research on global poverty, carbon offsets, corruption, patents and more...
Published 17.04.25
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Important null results in development economics
Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.
Published 11.04.25
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This week in development economics at VoxDev: 11/04/2025
This week we featured research on tariffs, cash, impact, nulls, refugees and more...
Published 11.04.25
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Tracking impact in development
Insights from the work of J-PAL, BII, and DIME sheds light on how organisations track and evaluate the impact of development interventions at scale.
Published 09.04.25
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Common misperceptions: What people get wrong about the world and why it matters
What do people get wrong, i.e. misperceive, about the world? Why do misperceptions matter for economic development? How can fixing misperceptions benefit society?
Published 04.04.25