VoxDev

Development economics, research to practice

@bjorkmanmartina M Callen @cesicruz @LagakosDavid J Naritomi @oliverhanney @emaansiddique

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[VoxDev @vox_dev]

📢Technology is central to economic development.

In this VoxDevLit on June 15th, @juli_caunedo (@CornellEcon) & @PorzioTommaso (@Columbia_Biz) will review the economic evidence on technology and development.

Register➡️https://t.co/ZQOzuEybDy

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental health risk, and its burden falls overwhelmingly on LMICs.

In this VoxDevLit launch event on June 17th, Teevrat Garg & @anantsudarshan will review the economic evidence on air pollution.

Register➡️ https://t.co/hfWDRS6zTJ

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Why people matter in high-growth entrepreneurship in Africa

Last week on VoxDev w/ @bassi_vittorio (@USC_Econ), Amanda Awadey (@mtholyoke), Ama Baafra Abeberese (@wellesley_econ), @VirginiaMinni (@ChicagoBooth) & Anne Kersting (@JPAL): https://t.co/xLkzOBpQmi

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Evidence from the Northern Triangle and Mexico shows that an increase in the supply of weapons raises homicidal violence, which subsequently drives migration. Notably, this effect persists even when weapons are transferred through proper legal protocols. https://t.co/ArcwZXPVyW

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Technology is central to economic development.

In this VoxDevLit on June 15th, @juli_caunedo (@CornellEcon) & @PorzioTommaso (@Columbia_Biz) will review the economic evidence on technology and development.

Register➡️https://t.co/ZQOzuEybDy

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

When Brazil let neglected districts break away and form new municipalities, peripheral areas gained services, jobs, and growth at no visible cost to the rest of the country: https://t.co/Lo3aUWPcL0

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

When fertiliser becomes scarce, wages, crop prices, and production choices adjust, partly cushioning the yield losses: https://t.co/9iXE2SVdD1

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental health risk, and its burden falls overwhelmingly on LMICs.

In this VoxDevLit launch event on June 17th, Teevrat Garg & @anantsudarshan will review the economic evidence on air pollution.

Register➡️ https://t.co/hfWDRS6zTJ

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Evidence from Uganda suggests that natural disasters can reduce income and life satisfaction for years, especially when households are displaced without their social networks: https://t.co/YJMHjH1Wqy

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Delays in public benefit delivery can harm societies' most vulnerable households, but making management-relevant information more accessible to the bureaucrats implementing these programmes can meaningfully improve delivery speeds. https://t.co/2dGlYiniCN

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Aaditya Mattoo, Anna Tompsett & Eddy Zou are working on a project that asks whether and when development interventions work better together than separately. They would be grateful if you would take 10 minutes to share your views via the survey: https://t.co/8iHBsL7JyJ

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

In Mexico, violence against journalists reduces media activity in the months following an attack and, in the long run, reshapes the profession towards younger and less-established reporters: https://t.co/TqkM7zPnaS

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

India’s IT boom generated large but unequal gains, and shows why education access and mobility determine who gains from high-skill globalisation: https://t.co/ofJmQjnMzM

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Technology is central to economic development.

In this VoxDevLit on June 15th, @juli_caunedo (@CornellEcon) & @PorzioTommaso (@Columbia_Biz) will review the economic evidence on technology and development.

Register➡️https://t.co/ZQOzuEybDy

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

How violence reshapes Mexico's workforce

Last month on VoxDev, Lorenzo Aldeco (@Banxico), Matteo Ghilardi (@IMFNews) & Hugo Tuesta discussed how violence in Mexico is reshaping who works and where: https://t.co/evyxGrNczu

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Evidence from the Northern Triangle and Mexico shows that an increase in the supply of weapons raises homicidal violence, which subsequently drives migration. Notably, this effect persists even when weapons are transferred through proper legal protocols.

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 How US-supplied weapons fuel migration to the US border

Today on VoxDev, Julio Acuña (@OleMiss) shows that an increase in the supply of weapons raises homicidal violence, which subsequently drives migration: https://t.co/ArcwZXPVyW

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 How US-supplied weapons fuel migration to the US border

Today on VoxDev, Julio Acuña (@OleMiss) shows that an increase in the supply of weapons raises homicidal violence, which subsequently drives migration: https://t.co/ArcwZXPVyW

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

This week we featured research on IT booms, fertiliser, decentralisation, violence and more!

Read a summary of this work here: https://t.co/W9Hq8tVWZz

[Devaki @DevakiGhose]

More than 80% of countries depend on imports for most of their fertilizers. What happens when geopolitical events such as the Iran war disrupt this supply ? RCTs are great at measuring the impact of small, localized fertilizer shocks. What if shocks are nationwide and large?

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 How US-supplied weapons fuel migration to the US border

Today on VoxDev, Julio Acuña (@OleMiss) shows that an increase in the supply of weapons raises homicidal violence, which subsequently drives migration: https://t.co/ArcwZXPVyW

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Female labour force participation in Pakistan and the central role of norms

Last week on VoxDev w/ @iea_we, Hadia Majid (@EconomicsLUMS) examined why the majority of women in Pakistan do not access paid, formal work: https://t.co/wbCI1i4Ss1