Ideas in Development

Ideas in Development

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Conversations on the forces shaping economic development.

4D AGO

How Costa Rica became an FDI powerhouse

In this episode of Ideas in Development, we ask how Costa Rica, a small country of approximately 5 million people, became an attractive hub that now hosts operations for more than 1,000 multinationals. To take us through this period of economic change, we were joined by Andres Valenciano Yamuni, who played his own role in Costa Rica’s FDI journey during his time as Minister of Foreign Trade.

54 min
4D AGO

Why growth matters and how growth happens

In our first series of Ideas in Development, we are learning about growth success stories in Latin America, Africa and Asia, directly from the policymakers who helped to make them happen. Throughout these conversations, Oliver Hanney, VoxDev managing editor, be joined Kartik Akileswaran, co-founder of Growth Teams. In this episode we discuss why we are focusing on growth, and his experience working as advisor, funder, and practitioner in the growth ecosystem.

18 min
JAN 6

Introducing Ideas in Development from VoxDev

The new VoxDev podcast, Ideas in Development, will focus on the big questions in development. In this first episode, Managing Editor Oliver Hanney discusses why we are doing so, and previews some of the upcoming series we’ve been working on, on growth, AI and cities.

5 min

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Conversations on the forces shaping economic development.

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