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Foundational Article: “Rethinking the Growth Diagnostic Approach”
Growth diagnostics attempts to determine what particular factors are inhibiting a country from achieving a higher growth rate. This report by Felipe and Usui first delves deeper into that definition, and then analyzes the limitations and the advantages of growth diagnostics, as well as providing some practical advice for donor agencies about the potential pitfalls.
Read MoreCourse Text: “Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia”
Excerpts from this article have been assigned as required reading for a core CDE course, “Public Economics.”
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.
Read MorePodcast: Why Money Isn’t Enough to End Global Poverty
VoxDev sat down for a talk with Rohini Pande of Yale University to discuss the rise of extreme poverty in middle-income countries.
Read MorePodcast: “The Gap Between Macro Policy and Research”
VoxDev interviewed Bill Easterly of the NYU Development Research Institute about the direction development research has taken: has micro taken over? How should development economists think about macro research, and about translating that research into policy?
Read MoreVoxDev Podcast: Elite Capture of Democracy
In this VoxDev Podcast, Daron Acemoglu talks about the elite capture of democracy.
Read MoreVoxDev Podcast: Backlash Against Globalization
VoxDev talked with Pinelopi Goldberg, the current Chief Economist at the World Bank, about current trends and the backlash against globalization. To listen on the go, download the audio here through VoxDev.
Read MoreVideo: Esther Duflo On Female Leadership
“Women in Economics and Female Leadership” Video interviewing Esther Duflo VoxDev Video Unsplash.com VoxDev sat down with Esther Duflo to talk about her research in female leadership, and the impact on communities where women were required to assume leadership positions. Her conclusion: when women are included in decision-making, groups benefit. View the video on VoxDev…
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