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VoxDev.org 347 - S7 Ep54: Tracking Kenya's tractors

Hear about the cutting edge of development economics from research to practice.

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Published 22 Oct 2026

Duration 12:34

Episodes

347-

S7 Ep54: Tracking Kenya's tractors

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22 Oct 2026

346-

S7 Ep53: Implementation science in education: Scaling what works

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21 Oct 2026

345-

S7 Ep52: Is electricity a weak link in development?

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15 Oct 2026

344-

S7 Ep51: The critical minerals scramble

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14 Oct 2026

343-

Ideas in Development: GiveDirectly's journey to scale

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09 Oct 2026

342-

S7 Ep50: Evidence-based policy: Why one good trial isn't enough

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07 Oct 2026

341-

S7 Ep49: Follow the paper trail

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01 Oct 2026

340-

S7 Ep48: How politicians co-opt bureaucrats

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29 Sep 2026

339-

Ideas in Development: How BRAC partners with governments to fight poverty

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25 Sep 2026

338-

S7 Ep47: No Taxation without Administration

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23 Sep 2026

337-

S7 Ep46: Rethinking development cooperation: The case for a 'balance sheet' approach

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16 Sep 2026

336-

S7 Ep45: Cape Town's day zero: How data rebuilt a city's water resilience

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09 Sep 2026

335-

S7 Ep44: Fifty years of Chinese growth: The gradualist reform strategy explained

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02 Sep 2026

334-

S7 Ep43: Caste, race, and power: The barriers to political inclusion

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26 Aug 2026

333-

S7 Ep42: Masculinity norms and their economic implications

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19 Aug 2026

332-

S7 Ep41: How global supply chains are built

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14 Aug 2026

331-

S7 Ep40: Using mobile phones to support teachers, parents, and students

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12 Aug 2026

330-

S7 Ep39: Ideas in Development: Moving billions to evidence

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06 Aug 2026

329-

S7 Ep38: How AI can put 20 years of development evidence to work

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29 Jul 2026

328-

S7 Ep37: Why businesses stay small in emerging markets

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22 Jul 2026

327-

S7 Ep36: Climate Change Politics in Developing Countries

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15 Jul 2026

326-

S7 Ep35: Ideas in Development: Has development economics lost its way?

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10 Jul 2026

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S7 Ep34: Why farmers struggle to adopt new agricultural technology

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08 Jul 2026

324-

S7 Ep33: Interpersonal violence costs the world more than war

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01 Jul 2026

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S7 Ep32: Courts in the Global South

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24 Jun 2026

322-

S7 Ep31: Nonelite Women's Participation in Politics

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18 Jun 2026

321-

S7 Ep30: The end of aid dependency

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10 Jun 2026

320-

S7 Ep29: What the $1-a-day global poverty line gets wrong

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03 Jun 2026

319-

S7 Ep28: Why civil service reform fails (and what actually works)

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27 May 2026

318-

S7 Ep27: The World Bank's East Asian Miracle

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20 May 2026

317-

S7 Ep26: Ed Glaeser on the perfect city and the demons of density

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15 May 2026

316-

S7 Ep25: Roshaneh Zafar on 30 years of microfinance and mindset change in Pakistan

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13 May 2026

315-

S7 Ep24: Leonard Wantchekon on youth and governance in African cities

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08 May 2026

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S7 Ep23: How killing sparrows contributed to the Great Chinese Famine

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06 May 2026

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S7 Ep22: Chris Blattman on how organised crime takes over cities

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01 May 2026

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S7 Ep21: Boosting farmers' profits

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29 Apr 2026

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S7 Ep20: Argentina’s 2017 tax reform

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22 Apr 2026

310-

S7 Ep19: Can digital credit unlock investment in smallholder farms?

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15 Apr 2026

309-

S7 Ep18: The complex link between poverty and health

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08 Apr 2026

308-

S7 Ep17: The long shadow of British rule: India's colonial legacy

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01 Apr 2026

307-

S7 Ep14: Ideas in Development: Raghuram Rajan on AI, India, and service-led growth

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27 Mar 2026

306-

S7 Ep16: The rise and fall of China's overseas lending

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25 Mar 2026

305-

S7 Ep15: The rise of digital payments in Latin America

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19 Mar 2026

304-

S7 Ep13: Ideas in Development: Josh Lerner on the diffusion of technology

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18 Mar 2026

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S7 Ep12: Can contact between groups reduce prejudice?

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11 Mar 2026

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S7 Ep11: Transport policy for economic development

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04 Mar 2026

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S7 Ep10: Reducing air pollution: Can markets succeed where regulation fails?

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25 Feb 2026

300-

S7 Ep9: How skilled migration from Asia reshaped the US economy

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19 Feb 2026

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S7 Ep8: Integrating refugees: What policies work best?

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12 Feb 2026

298-

S7 Ep7: Can AI take off in Africa?

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10 Feb 2026