Methods and Measurement Research
Vox Executive Summary: “Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space”
This article by Henderson, Storegard, and Weil, published in 2012, pioneered the use of satellite light data as an alternative measure for economic growth. This executive summary from Vox gives a synopsis of the larger paper.
Read MoreAudio: Is Aid Effective?
VoxDev talks Tim Phillips hosts Stefan Dercon of Oxford’s Blavatnik School about how he envisions making aid effective in a world where the most certain bang for aid bucks might not be where the dollar would be most useful.
Read MoreAudio: Achieving Meaningful Impact through Aid
VoxDev host Tim Phillips talks with Rachel Glennerster, the Chief Economist of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) about the role of aid in development.
Read MoreFoundational Article: “Behavioral Design: A New Approach to Development Policy”
This article on behavioral design by Saugato Datta and Sendhil Mullainathan focuses on recent developments in incorporating human psychology into the design of policy interventions, and how small changes can have large impacts.
Read MoreCDE Course Text: Impact Evaluation in Practice
Excerpts from this book are required as reading for the CDE course Public Economics. The book is also listed as a reference text for the CDE elective Program Evaluation.
Read MoreBook: Supercrunchers
An excerpt from this book has been assigned as required reading for “Public Economics,” a core CDE course taught in the fall.
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