Evidence to practice: Meet our new audio section Voxdev has grown! Please meet our new collection of audio content Technology & Innovation Published 25.06.18
Evidence to practice: Understanding the audience, context, and indirect effects Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary General at the UNEP, shares two examples of designing policy.* Public Economics Elliott Harris Published 03.06.18
Evidence to practice: Building relationships is crucial Rachel Glennerster, Chief Economist at DFID, discusses the importance of building relationships to ensure evidence is translated into policy.* Institutions & Political Economy Rachel Glennerster Published 03.06.18
Evidence to practice: Responding to crises Arif Husain, Chief Economist at World Food Programme, on using the best and latest technology to gather evidence to respond to humanitarian crises.* Technology & Innovation Arif Husain Published 03.06.18
Evidence to practice: Being open minded and adapting evidence fragments Stefan Dercon, former Chief Economist at DFID, on the importance of being receptive to new ideas and how to use bits of evidence to inform a decision.* Institutions & Political Economy Stefan Dercon Published 03.06.18
Evidence to practice: Context-based data collection Robin Burgess, director of the IGC, talks about the importance of careful data collection and the structure of civil service.* Institutions & Political Economy Robin Burgess Published 03.06.18
Childcare and development The benefits of early childcare are well-known. Orazio Attanasio looks at the different mechanisms to effectively deliver childcare at scale. Public Economics Orazio Attanasio Published 01.06.18
Building a functional state in difficult places Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments. Institutions & Political Economy Eliana La Ferrara Published 01.06.18
Building effective and functioning cities Ed Glaeser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned. Migration & Urbanisation Edward Glaeser Published 01.06.18
