Ideas in Development

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Conversations on the forces shaping economic development.

  1. How can African cities pay for stuff?

    -10 T

    How can African cities pay for stuff?

    There is a paradox at the heart of governing cities in Africa. Mayors are responsible for building the infrastructure their fast-growing cities need. But most don't control the money that this requires. In this episode, we ask how can that change? Astrid Haas joins the Ideas in Development series on cities to discuss why African cities are so fiscally constrained, what reforms in Mexico, the Philippines, and Freetown can teach us, and what national and city governments should prioritise to raise revenue and unlock finance. Read the shownotes on our Substack: Ideas in Development | Oliver Hanney | Substack Check out the Africa Urban Lab: Home

    35 min
  2. Why cities matter

    31. MARS

    Why cities matter

    900 million people will be added to African cities by 2050. Getting this unprecedented urban transition right is one of the defining development challenges of our time. In this opening episode of our new Ideas in Development series on cities, Kurtis Lockhart, founder of the Africa Urban Lab, joins us to set the scene. We discuss why the link between urbanisation and prosperity is breaking down in Africa, what that means for the continent's future, and what the series ahead will explore. Read the show notes on our Substack: https://ideasindevelopment.substack.com/ Check out Africa Urban Lab: https://www.aul.city/

    29 min
  3. The development economics of AI: Lessons and questions

    24. MARS

    The development economics of AI: Lessons and questions

    What actually changes when AI meets institutions, infrastructure, and the people inside them? Oliver Hanney and Deena Mousa recap the Ideas in Development series on AI, drawing on conversations with Raghuram Rajan, Umar Saif, Rose Mutiso, Josh Lerner, Anton Korinek, Bruno Caprettini, Niriksha Shetty, Claire Cullen and Utkarsh Saxena. They cover the key takeaways: why the binding constraint question matters more than the model question; what the data desert problem means for national AI strategies; why access and value capture are not the same thing; and what AI is doing to the growth escalators lower-income countries depend on. And conclude with the most important questions this series did not resolve.

    27 min
  4. What tech ministers get wrong about AI

    17. MARS

    What tech ministers get wrong about AI

    What should a technology minister in a developing country actually focus on when it comes to AI? Umar Saif, computer scientist, former minister of Science and Technology, and IT, in Pakistan, and AI company founder, joins the Ideas in Development series on AI to discuss why data and politics, not technology, are the real bottlenecks to AI in developing countries. In this wide-ranging episode we discuss what he learned from his time in government, why the rush towards sovereign AI capacity may be a costly distraction, his worries for the future, and where he is optimistic. Read the full show notes on our Substack: https://ideasindevelopment.substack.com/

    52 min
  5. India, AI, and the future of service-led growth

    10. MARS

    India, AI, and the future of service-led growth

    What happens to a growth model built on services when AI can do some of those services itself? Raghuram Rajan joins the Ideas in Development series on AI to discuss how India's economy grew through services exports, why that model may be more resilient to AI than critics assume, and what policymakers need to get right on human capital, universities, and digital access to stay ahead.

    46 min
  6. How does technology diffuse?

    3. MARS

    How does technology diffuse?

    Why is there a gap between innovation and impact? Josh Lerner joins the Ideas in Development series on AI to discuss how technology diffuses around the world, touching on the role of venture capital, universities and China. We then cover what this means for the diffusion of AI, and what can be done to speed up diffusion to developing countries.

    40 min
  7. Three ways India is using AI for development

    24. FEB.

    Three ways India is using AI for development

    India is already using AI to unlock its courts, classrooms and farms. In this episode of Ideas in Development, Utkarsh Saxena, Claire Cullen and Niriksha Shetty discuss how their organisations, Adalat AI, Youth Impact, and Precision Development, are deploying AI across India, and what they’ve learned during the process.

    42 min
  8. How to think like an economist about AI

    17. FEB.

    How to think like an economist about AI

    How do economists think about the economic impacts of AI today? Will our current economic paradigm still make sense if we reach AGI? In this episode of Ideas in Development, Anton Korinek joins Oliver Hanney and Deena Mousa to discuss some rules of thumb that help to cut through the headlines, and speculate what the labour market impacts of AI might be if technological progress continues to rapidly improve.

    42 min
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