📢 Our new VoxDevLit on the Political Economy of Public Service Delivery is out now! In this VoxDevLit, Senior Editor @claudferraz (@ubcVSE) reviews the evidence on the political economy of delivering public services. Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/politic…

Critical minerals scramble: Turning a windfall into development 📢 Last week on VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, Christopher Adam (@ODID_QEH) discussed why the critical minerals windfall may be short-lived, and how producer countries can capture its gains: voxdev.org/topic/institution…

Evidence from a survey experiment in Mexico shows that correcting misconceptions about therapy makes university students more likely to share counselling information with peers, while raising therapy use only among students who had recently used it.

How to fund social insurance without pushing workers into informality Last week on VoxDev, Jin Feng (@FudanUniversity), Yuting Li (@SCUCN) & Yu Liu (Fudan University) outlined research on China: voxdev.org/topic/firms/how-f…

When banning foreign products backfires on domestic firms Last month on VoxDev, Chirantan Chatterjee (@SussexUni), Ying Fan (@umichECON) & Debi Prasad Mohapatra (@UMassAmherst) outlined research on India: voxdev.org/topic/trade/when-…

🆕 Implementation science in education: Scaling what works 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks @timsvengali, @angrist_noam (@WWHGlobalEd) discusses why implementing proven education interventions at scale is harder than finding them, and how a new framework can help: voxdev.org/topic/education/i…

🆕 Can correcting misconceptions about therapy help students seek care? Today on VoxDev w/ Alisher Batmanov (@UCSanDiego), @_IdaGri, Bruno Calderon-Hernandez (@umichpolisci), Roberto Gonzalez-Tellez (@StanfordGSB) & Alejandro Guardiola Ramírez: voxdev.org/topic/health/can-…

No taxation without administration: What makes tax authorities work 📢 Last month on VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, Anders Jensen (@Kennedy_School) & @JonathanWeigel (@BerkeleyHaas) discussed why tax administration design matters for revenue: voxdev.org/topic/public-econ…

Can role models uplift marginalised communities? Last week on VoxDev, Gaia Narciso (@tcdeconomics), Carol Newman & @FinnsAngle (@uni_copenhagen) outlined research on Vietnam: voxdev.org/topic/institution…

In Ethiopia, subsidising vacancy-posting costs leads small and medium-sized enterprises to advertise publicly and create more white-collar positions, which they then struggle to fill.

Can we detect when a country's institutions are about to change? Last week on VoxDev w/ Michael Callen (@LSEEcon), Gregory Levy (@OxfordEconDept), Saipremnath Muthukumaran, @JonathanWeigel (@BerkeleyHaas) & Noam Yuchtman: voxdev.org/topic/institution…

What the coming wave of AI philanthropy means for development Last month on VoxDev, Jack Lewars (Ultra Philanthropy) discussed how development organisations can position themselves for the third wave of philanthropy: voxdev.org/topic/technology-…

🆕 When cheaper job ads lead to harder-to-fill jobs Today on VoxDev, @LukasHenselEcon (@GSM_PKU), @TsegayTselassie (@Wellesley) & @marcjosefwitte (@VU_SBE) outline research in Ethiopia: voxdev.org/topic/labour-mark…

📢 GiveDirectly's quest for scale @GiveDirectly are no longer the new kids on the block, and have been scaling their operations rapidly in recent years, a trend that's set to continue. Caitlin Tulloch joined us on Ideas in Development to discuss: voxdev.org/topic/methods-mea…

An experiment in Ethiopia finds no evidence that loan officers discriminate against female business owners. Their decisions reflect the fact that once detailed info about the business is available, accounting for gender does not help identify which businesses will perform well.

Ocean acidification is raising newborn deaths in coastal communities Last week on VoxDev, @ARMANDalex (@NovaSBE) & @IvanKimT (@unav) discussed ocean acidification in LMICs: voxdev.org/topic/health/ocea…