Oliver Hanney
@olihanney.bsky.social
Managing Editor of VoxDev
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Three keys to unlock AI in Africa: Power, connectivity & data
In this week's episode of Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso joined @deenamousa.com & @olihanney.bsky.social to spell out the fundamentals that need to be in place for AI to take off in #Africa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5td...
In this week's episode of Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso joined @deenamousa.com & @olihanney.bsky.social to spell out the fundamentals that need to be in place for AI to take off in #Africa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5td...
AI in Africa with Rose Mutiso
YouTube video by VoxDev
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February 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Three keys to unlock AI in Africa: Power, connectivity & data
In this week's episode of Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso joined @deenamousa.com & @olihanney.bsky.social to spell out the fundamentals that need to be in place for AI to take off in #Africa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5td...
In this week's episode of Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso joined @deenamousa.com & @olihanney.bsky.social to spell out the fundamentals that need to be in place for AI to take off in #Africa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5td...
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
AI is often framed as Africa’s next leapfrog.
In Ep2 of our @voxdev.bsky.social series, Rose Mutiso argues this is the wrong frame: AI isn’t end-user tech like mobile phones, but an upstream, infrastructure-heavy system that concentrates value where power, compute, and data already exist.
In Ep2 of our @voxdev.bsky.social series, Rose Mutiso argues this is the wrong frame: AI isn’t end-user tech like mobile phones, but an upstream, infrastructure-heavy system that concentrates value where power, compute, and data already exist.
AI in Africa: Barriers, opportunities and policy
Can AI take off in Africa? Rose Mutiso joins us to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent, and how to make it happen.
voxdev.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
AI is often framed as Africa’s next leapfrog.
In Ep2 of our @voxdev.bsky.social series, Rose Mutiso argues this is the wrong frame: AI isn’t end-user tech like mobile phones, but an upstream, infrastructure-heavy system that concentrates value where power, compute, and data already exist.
In Ep2 of our @voxdev.bsky.social series, Rose Mutiso argues this is the wrong frame: AI isn’t end-user tech like mobile phones, but an upstream, infrastructure-heavy system that concentrates value where power, compute, and data already exist.
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 Excited to announce our free online lecture series on Industrial Development
To mark the release of our new VoxDevLit next week, with Senior Editors Francesco Amodio & Markus Poschke, we have organised a series of lectures on the key topics related to industrialisation.
Link to register below ⤵️
To mark the release of our new VoxDevLit next week, with Senior Editors Francesco Amodio & Markus Poschke, we have organised a series of lectures on the key topics related to industrialisation.
Link to register below ⤵️
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🆕 Excited to announce our free online lecture series on Industrial Development
To mark the release of our new VoxDevLit next week, with Senior Editors Francesco Amodio & Markus Poschke, we have organised a series of lectures on the key topics related to industrialisation.
Link to register below ⤵️
To mark the release of our new VoxDevLit next week, with Senior Editors Francesco Amodio & Markus Poschke, we have organised a series of lectures on the key topics related to industrialisation.
Link to register below ⤵️
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 Can AI take off in Africa?
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
AI in Africa: Barriers, opportunities and policy
Can AI take off in Africa? Rose Mutiso joins us to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent, and how to make it happen.
voxdev.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
🆕 Can AI take off in Africa?
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
Crazy stat I thought.
In 1992 in Brazil, one in every 20 men who were formally employed by a private sector firm were employed as security guards.
In 1992 in Brazil, one in every 20 men who were formally employed by a private sector firm were employed as security guards.
🆕 Outsourcing as a ‘friction buster’ in developing labour markets
Today on VoxDev, Mayara Felix (Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs) & Michael B. Wong (HKU Business School) discuss the distributional consequences of legalising outsourcing in Brazil: https://ow.ly/lAMm50Yc8SP
Today on VoxDev, Mayara Felix (Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs) & Michael B. Wong (HKU Business School) discuss the distributional consequences of legalising outsourcing in Brazil: https://ow.ly/lAMm50Yc8SP
Outsourcing as a ‘friction buster’ in developing labour markets
In Brazil, legalising outsourcing of security to specialised firms reduced hiring frictions, boosting formal jobs for young men, but came at a large and lasting cost to older guards in previously well-paid jobs.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Crazy stat I thought.
In 1992 in Brazil, one in every 20 men who were formally employed by a private sector firm were employed as security guards.
In 1992 in Brazil, one in every 20 men who were formally employed by a private sector firm were employed as security guards.
🆕 Can AI take off in Africa?
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
AI in Africa: Barriers, opportunities and policy
Can AI take off in Africa? Rose Mutiso joins us to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent, and how to make it happen.
voxdev.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
🆕 Can AI take off in Africa?
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
Today on Ideas in Development, Rose Mutiso (African Tech Futures Lab) joins @deenamousa.com & I to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent + how to make it happen.
Listen now @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 Free school meals: The world’s biggest social programme
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Biniam Bedasso (@cgdev.org) and Fabio Sánchez (Universidad de los Andes) discuss the long-term impacts of school feeding programmes.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Biniam Bedasso (@cgdev.org) and Fabio Sánchez (Universidad de los Andes) discuss the long-term impacts of school feeding programmes.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
February 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🆕 Free school meals: The world’s biggest social programme
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Biniam Bedasso (@cgdev.org) and Fabio Sánchez (Universidad de los Andes) discuss the long-term impacts of school feeding programmes.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Biniam Bedasso (@cgdev.org) and Fabio Sánchez (Universidad de los Andes) discuss the long-term impacts of school feeding programmes.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
People invoke the Industrial Revolution as reassurance about AI. But living through it meant decades of wage stagnation, job loss & unrest.
Ep1 of a new @voxdev.bsky.social series, we talk to economic historian Bruno Caprettini about what that analogy gets right/wrong
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Ep1 of a new @voxdev.bsky.social series, we talk to economic historian Bruno Caprettini about what that analogy gets right/wrong
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AI and the industrial revolution: Similarities, differences and lessons
How did society change during the industrial revolution? Are there lessons we can learn for the AI revolution?
voxdev.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
People invoke the Industrial Revolution as reassurance about AI. But living through it meant decades of wage stagnation, job loss & unrest.
Ep1 of a new @voxdev.bsky.social series, we talk to economic historian Bruno Caprettini about what that analogy gets right/wrong
t.co/AyuTVMKcEY
Ep1 of a new @voxdev.bsky.social series, we talk to economic historian Bruno Caprettini about what that analogy gets right/wrong
t.co/AyuTVMKcEY
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🆕 The downstream impacts of mines: How pollution hits agriculture
Today on VoxDev, Lukas Vashold (WU Vienna), Gustav Pirich (@econ.uzh.ch), Maximilian Heinze (WU Vienna) & @nkuschnig.bsky.social (Monash University) outline research on Africa: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDev, Lukas Vashold (WU Vienna), Gustav Pirich (@econ.uzh.ch), Maximilian Heinze (WU Vienna) & @nkuschnig.bsky.social (Monash University) outline research on Africa: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
The downstream impacts of mines: How pollution hits agriculture
Mines pollute their surroundings, including water flows. In Africa, new evidence shows that plants and crops are less healthy downstream of mining sites, with the largest impacts in fertile, densely v...
voxdev.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM
🆕 The downstream impacts of mines: How pollution hits agriculture
Today on VoxDev, Lukas Vashold (WU Vienna), Gustav Pirich (@econ.uzh.ch), Maximilian Heinze (WU Vienna) & @nkuschnig.bsky.social (Monash University) outline research on Africa: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDev, Lukas Vashold (WU Vienna), Gustav Pirich (@econ.uzh.ch), Maximilian Heinze (WU Vienna) & @nkuschnig.bsky.social (Monash University) outline research on Africa: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
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🆕 Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI?
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
Will AI be like the industrial revolution?
YouTube video by VoxDev
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
🆕 Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI?
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 Rural electrification a decade on: A dose of reality from Rwanda
Today on VoxDev, Lise Masselus (RWI Leibniz-Institut), Jörg Ankel-Peters (Passau), Anicet Munyehirwe (IB&C Rwanda) & Maximiliane Sievert discuss the limited effects of rural electrificiation in Rwanda: https://ow.ly/3v3z50Y9cyt
Today on VoxDev, Lise Masselus (RWI Leibniz-Institut), Jörg Ankel-Peters (Passau), Anicet Munyehirwe (IB&C Rwanda) & Maximiliane Sievert discuss the limited effects of rural electrificiation in Rwanda: https://ow.ly/3v3z50Y9cyt
Rural electrification a decade on: A dose of reality from Rwanda
Electricity clearly improves people’s quality of life. But in Rwanda, even one decade after communities were connected, rural electrification had limited effects on incomes, employment, and broader economic development.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
🆕 Rural electrification a decade on: A dose of reality from Rwanda
Today on VoxDev, Lise Masselus (RWI Leibniz-Institut), Jörg Ankel-Peters (Passau), Anicet Munyehirwe (IB&C Rwanda) & Maximiliane Sievert discuss the limited effects of rural electrificiation in Rwanda: https://ow.ly/3v3z50Y9cyt
Today on VoxDev, Lise Masselus (RWI Leibniz-Institut), Jörg Ankel-Peters (Passau), Anicet Munyehirwe (IB&C Rwanda) & Maximiliane Sievert discuss the limited effects of rural electrificiation in Rwanda: https://ow.ly/3v3z50Y9cyt
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🆕 Why firms under-promote women – and how experimentation can fix it
Today on VoxDev, Rocco Macchiavello (LSE), @amenzelecon.bsky.social (Padova), @atonurabbani.bsky.social (Dhaka) & Chris Woodruff (Oxford) discuss correcting beliefs on female managers in Bangladesh: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
Today on VoxDev, Rocco Macchiavello (LSE), @amenzelecon.bsky.social (Padova), @atonurabbani.bsky.social (Dhaka) & Chris Woodruff (Oxford) discuss correcting beliefs on female managers in Bangladesh: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
Why firms under-promote women – and how experimentation can fix it
In Bangladesh’s garment sector, firms often under-promote women because of biased beliefs and distorted learning about women’s managerial ability. However, temporary, low-risk trials can correct these...
voxdev.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
🆕 Why firms under-promote women – and how experimentation can fix it
Today on VoxDev, Rocco Macchiavello (LSE), @amenzelecon.bsky.social (Padova), @atonurabbani.bsky.social (Dhaka) & Chris Woodruff (Oxford) discuss correcting beliefs on female managers in Bangladesh: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
Today on VoxDev, Rocco Macchiavello (LSE), @amenzelecon.bsky.social (Padova), @atonurabbani.bsky.social (Dhaka) & Chris Woodruff (Oxford) discuss correcting beliefs on female managers in Bangladesh: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
🆕 Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI?
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
Will AI be like the industrial revolution?
YouTube video by VoxDev
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
🆕 Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI?
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
If you’ve been paying attention to the AI debate, you’ve probably heard this comparison come up a lot.
But what does it actually mean? @deenamousa.com and I are joined by Bruno Caprettini to discuss: youtu.be/AfnLk_bSDy8?...
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Really interesting article relevant to remittance-watchers.
'Some observers may hope mobile money taxes help capture rents in the telecom sector. But when taxes are passed through to users, the design does not primarily tax rents – it ends up taxing everyday transactions.'
'Some observers may hope mobile money taxes help capture rents in the telecom sector. But when taxes are passed through to users, the design does not primarily tax rents – it ends up taxing everyday transactions.'
🆕 Why taxing mobile money can backfire
Today on VoxDev, Michael Barczay (IMF), Shafik Hebous, Fayçal Sawadogo & Jean François Wen discuss how mobile money taxes create sizeable efficiency losses, which fall disproportionately on unbanked and rural users: https://ow.ly/xWVY50Y8Fn1
Today on VoxDev, Michael Barczay (IMF), Shafik Hebous, Fayçal Sawadogo & Jean François Wen discuss how mobile money taxes create sizeable efficiency losses, which fall disproportionately on unbanked and rural users: https://ow.ly/xWVY50Y8Fn1
Why taxing mobile money can backfire
Mobile money taxes raise transaction costs and reduce usage, creating sizable efficiency losses – the burden falls disproportionately on unbanked and rural users.
ow.ly
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Really interesting article relevant to remittance-watchers.
'Some observers may hope mobile money taxes help capture rents in the telecom sector. But when taxes are passed through to users, the design does not primarily tax rents – it ends up taxing everyday transactions.'
'Some observers may hope mobile money taxes help capture rents in the telecom sector. But when taxes are passed through to users, the design does not primarily tax rents – it ends up taxing everyday transactions.'
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 Economists vs Technologists on AI
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
Economists vs Technologists on AI
YouTube video by VoxDev
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 AM
🆕 Economists vs Technologists on AI
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
🆕 Economists vs Technologists on AI
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
Economists vs Technologists on AI
YouTube video by VoxDev
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 AM
🆕 Economists vs Technologists on AI
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
In this episode, @deenamousa.com & I think through why economists sound so different to technologists when discussing AI.
And we preview what we'll cover over the rest of our series on AI @voxdev.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bvr...
Cool to see @voxdev.bsky.social continuing to grow.
Our goals are a lot more than just website views, but still, I think this trend reflects our growing impact overall.
And we are always trying to gather examples of how people use VoxDev, so please email them to me!
Our goals are a lot more than just website views, but still, I think this trend reflects our growing impact overall.
And we are always trying to gather examples of how people use VoxDev, so please email them to me!
February 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Cool to see @voxdev.bsky.social continuing to grow.
Our goals are a lot more than just website views, but still, I think this trend reflects our growing impact overall.
And we are always trying to gather examples of how people use VoxDev, so please email them to me!
Our goals are a lot more than just website views, but still, I think this trend reflects our growing impact overall.
And we are always trying to gather examples of how people use VoxDev, so please email them to me!
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 Do public works programmes work?
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Manisha Shah (UC Berkeley) and Simon Franklin (QMUL) discuss NREGA in India, and PSNP in Ethiopia.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Manisha Shah (UC Berkeley) and Simon Franklin (QMUL) discuss NREGA in India, and PSNP in Ethiopia.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
February 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🆕 Do public works programmes work?
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Manisha Shah (UC Berkeley) and Simon Franklin (QMUL) discuss NREGA in India, and PSNP in Ethiopia.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
In this episode of Economics Unpacked, Manisha Shah (UC Berkeley) and Simon Franklin (QMUL) discuss NREGA in India, and PSNP in Ethiopia.
🔗 Link below ⤵️
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 The future of communicating science
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
The future of communicating science
I’ve been thinking about what a website like VoxDev looks like in 2030. Here are, in my view, the key trends impacting communications today, and the strategies I believe will continue to be a success.
olihanney.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🆕 The future of communicating science
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
🆕 The future of communicating science
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
The future of communicating science
I’ve been thinking about what a website like VoxDev looks like in 2030. Here are, in my view, the key trends impacting communications today, and the strategies I believe will continue to be a success.
olihanney.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🆕 The future of communicating science
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a website like @voxdev.bsky.social looks like in 2030. So I decided to put all of my thoughts into one long, meandering blog.
I would love to hear people's thoughts/feedback.
Read ⤵️ olihanney.substack.com/p/the-future...
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 Upgrading vs relocating: Policy lessons on slum renewal
Paul Gertler UC Berkeley Haas, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources, Raimundo Undurraga Universidad de Chile & Joaquin A. Urrego Wake Forest University outline research on Chile: https://ow.ly/xGPJ50Y5hWi
Paul Gertler UC Berkeley Haas, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources, Raimundo Undurraga Universidad de Chile & Joaquin A. Urrego Wake Forest University outline research on Chile: https://ow.ly/xGPJ50Y5hWi
Upgrading vs relocating: Policy lessons on slum renewal
New evidence from Chile finds that in-situ slum upgrading – combining physical infrastructure improvements with the formalisation of land tenure within the slum – delivers larger gains in local economic development, both within treated slums and in surrounding neighbourhoods, at a lower cost than policies that relocate slum populations elsewhere.
ow.ly
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM
🆕 Upgrading vs relocating: Policy lessons on slum renewal
Paul Gertler UC Berkeley Haas, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources, Raimundo Undurraga Universidad de Chile & Joaquin A. Urrego Wake Forest University outline research on Chile: https://ow.ly/xGPJ50Y5hWi
Paul Gertler UC Berkeley Haas, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources, Raimundo Undurraga Universidad de Chile & Joaquin A. Urrego Wake Forest University outline research on Chile: https://ow.ly/xGPJ50Y5hWi
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 How international migration shapes fertility and reproductive health back home
Susan Godlonton (Williams College Economics Department) & Caroline Theoharides (Amherst) discuss how exposure to less restrictive health policies abroad lowered fertility in the Philippines: https://ow.ly/7lZw50Y4JiS
Susan Godlonton (Williams College Economics Department) & Caroline Theoharides (Amherst) discuss how exposure to less restrictive health policies abroad lowered fertility in the Philippines: https://ow.ly/7lZw50Y4JiS
How international migration shapes fertility and reproductive health back home
Exposure to less restrictive reproductive health policies via international migration leads to lower fertility in origin communities through the diffusion of new knowledge, preferences, and behaviour.
ow.ly
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 AM
🆕 How international migration shapes fertility and reproductive health back home
Susan Godlonton (Williams College Economics Department) & Caroline Theoharides (Amherst) discuss how exposure to less restrictive health policies abroad lowered fertility in the Philippines: https://ow.ly/7lZw50Y4JiS
Susan Godlonton (Williams College Economics Department) & Caroline Theoharides (Amherst) discuss how exposure to less restrictive health policies abroad lowered fertility in the Philippines: https://ow.ly/7lZw50Y4JiS
Reposted by Oliver Hanney
🆕 African agriculture's underappreciated supply side
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
🆕 African agriculture's underappreciated supply side
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
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What happens years later when governments give poor families cash?
@susanwparker-mx.bsky.social's research on Progresa in Mexico shows long-term gains in education, women’s employment, and income – and highlights what’s lost when evidence-based policy is abandoned.
@susanwparker-mx.bsky.social's research on Progresa in Mexico shows long-term gains in education, women’s employment, and income – and highlights what’s lost when evidence-based policy is abandoned.
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
What happens years later when governments give poor families cash?
@susanwparker-mx.bsky.social's research on Progresa in Mexico shows long-term gains in education, women’s employment, and income – and highlights what’s lost when evidence-based policy is abandoned.
@susanwparker-mx.bsky.social's research on Progresa in Mexico shows long-term gains in education, women’s employment, and income – and highlights what’s lost when evidence-based policy is abandoned.
Vietnam’s economic transformation is one of the defining development stories in recent decades.
In this week's Ideas in Development podcast (@voxdev.bsky.social), Kartik Akileswaran and I were joined by Economist and Advisor Pham Chi Lan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGRP...
In this week's Ideas in Development podcast (@voxdev.bsky.social), Kartik Akileswaran and I were joined by Economist and Advisor Pham Chi Lan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGRP...
Vietnam’s economy: The remarkable story of the last 50 years
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January 27, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Vietnam’s economic transformation is one of the defining development stories in recent decades.
In this week's Ideas in Development podcast (@voxdev.bsky.social), Kartik Akileswaran and I were joined by Economist and Advisor Pham Chi Lan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGRP...
In this week's Ideas in Development podcast (@voxdev.bsky.social), Kartik Akileswaran and I were joined by Economist and Advisor Pham Chi Lan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGRP...