Accelerating Development: Ideas for Impact

World Bank Institute for Economic Development

An AI-powered, expert-led podcast on cutting-edge policy solutions for today’s biggest development challenges, direct from our global research network. 🌐 Listen to other languages: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/wbginstitute

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    Episode24 Rethinking Growth: How Investing in Education Lifted the World’s Poorest

    45% of global growth. Nearly 60% of income gains for the poorest. 📊 What if education has been one of the most powerful forces reshaping the global economy? This episode explores new evidence from Distributional Growth Accounting: Education and the Reduction of Global Poverty, 1980–2019, showing that schooling explains roughly one-third of the decline in extreme poverty worldwide. We unpack how expanding secondary and tertiary education transformed labor markets, reduced inequality, and moderated skill premiums across 154 countries. Discover why traditional growth models may be underestimating education’s true economic impact—and what this means for policy today. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read more at https://amory-gethin.fr/files/pdf/Gethin2025QJE.pdf?deliveryName=DM272505

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    Episode 23 Can Frontier Markets Deliver Jobs in Time for the World’s Next 2.6 Billion People?

    1.8 billion people today—and 2.6 billion by 2050. Frontier Market Economies are countries that sit between low-income and emerging markets: more developed than the poorest economies, with some access to global financial markets, but still facing significant structural constraints. This episode dives into the world’s biggest jobs challenge, unpacking why slowing investment, volatile capital flows, and rising debt risks are holding these economies back—and what has worked for those that succeeded. Drawing on insights from the Global Economic Prospects 2026, we explore how smart policy choices can turn demographic pressure into a driver of sustainable growth. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read more here at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/a8c9b8ba-4558-4195-9826-1185f0b41283/content

    12 мин.

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    Episode 22 Resilient on the Surface, Fragile Underneath: Inside the Global Growth Downshift

    Global growth looks resilient—but is it? In 2025, global GDP grew 2.7%, yet 1 in 4 developing countries is poorer than before the pandemic. This episode looks beyond the headlines to uncover a slowing global economy, deepening divergence, rising debt, and the race to create jobs for 1.2 billion young people. We explore why fiscal rules and private investment may be the difference between a temporary rebound and lasting stability. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read the full report here at https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/global-economic-prospects

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    Episode 21 Sixty Dollars a Barrel: Turning a Global Oversupply into a Policy Opportunity

    $60 a barrel. A 2.7 million-barrel-per-day surplus. The global oil market is heading into one of its biggest oversupply moments outside major crises. This episode unpacks what falling energy prices really mean for development—why cheaper oil can create fiscal space, support disinflation, and open opportunities to reform subsidies and invest in growth, while history warns against trying to control volatile markets. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read the full report here at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/d08d3ee8-e38a-4f02-8ade-95b9c6075c0b

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  5. 18.12.2025

    Episode 20 The Power of Standards: Why a Metal Box, a Checklist, and a Plug Socket Can Change an Economy

    📦 A metal box boosted trade by 1,240%. 🩺 A simple checklist cut surgical deaths by 47%. 🔌 A plug that fits a socket keeps economies running. This episode unpacks the World Development Report 2025’s idea of standards as the “invisible infrastructure” behind growth, trust, and public goods. From global trade and FDI to healthcare, education, air quality, and AI, we explore how getting the rules right—and making them work in practice—can transform development outcomes worldwide. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read the full report here at https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2025

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  6. Episode 19 One Reform Won’t Do It: The Surprising Power of Policy Packages to Spark Growth

    04.12.2025

    Episode 19 One Reform Won’t Do It: The Surprising Power of Policy Packages to Spark Growth

    Investment accelerations can lift output growth to nearly 6% a year and cut poverty rates by 0.5 percentage points annually—but they’ve become far rarer. This episode uncovers why single reforms no longer spark growth and how coordinated policy packages—combining fiscal stability, openness, and strong institutions—dramatically raise the odds of both public and private investment takeoff. Learn how countries can translate reforms into real jobs, higher productivity, and greater poverty reduction. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read the full report here at https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/publication/accelerating-investment

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  7. Episode 18 Rethinking Resilience: Why Households Are the Real Engine of Climate Adaptation

    28.11.2025

    Episode 18 Rethinking Resilience: Why Households Are the Real Engine of Climate Adaptation

    Can a simple bank account offer better protection than a sea wall? This episode challenges the top-down view of climate resilience, arguing that the most effective path to climate resilience starts with people - and it begins with economic growth . We explore why a 10% rise in GDP saves millions, how "ambiguity aversion" paralyzes decision-making, and the surprising ways government safety nets can accidentally increase risk through "moral hazard." Discover why empowering individuals with data, finance, and market access is the most effective strategy for a changing world. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read the full report here at https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/rethinking-resilience

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  8. Episode 17 Engineering an Economic Miracle: A Roadmap for Ukraine's Recovery

    22.11.2025

    Episode 17 Engineering an Economic Miracle: A Roadmap for Ukraine's Recovery

    Ukraine's recovery requires more than rebuilding bridges; it demands a restart of the economic engine itself. This episode explores how Ukraine can replicate West Germany's post-war "Wirtschaftswunder" (economic miracle) to break out of a low-dynamism trap. We diagnose why top firms control over 50% of sales without innovating and how "power without performance" is stifling growth. Discover why simply subsidizing startups isn't enough and why disciplining entrenched incumbents is the critical first step to unleashing a competitive, high-growth future. Generated with AI using wondercraft.ai and guided by our experts. Read the full report here at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/8a6ceaee-1491-41b1-8955-6cf41a473856

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