Ideas in Development

Ideas in Development

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Conversations on the forces shaping economic development.

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Vietnam’s economy: The remarkable story of the last 50 years

In this episode of Ideas in Development, we explore one of the defining development stories of the last 50 years, Vietnam’s economic transformation. How did a country that endured decades of conflict, severe food shortages, and high levels of absolute poverty, turn around its fortunes so rapidly? To take us through Vietnam’s remarkable rise, we are joined by Economist and Advisor Pham Chi Lan, who lived through this change, and helped to drive Vietnam’s reform process.

58 min
JAN 20

Unlocking high-value agriculture in Peru

In this episode of Ideas in Development, we ask how Peru rapidly became a global leader in exporting high-value fruits and vegetables. To take us through this period of sectoral growth, we were joined by former Minister of Production, Piero Ghezzi, who discusses how the Peruvian government worked with the private sector to unlock bottlenecks, and the experimental industrial policy tool at the heart of that story: Mesas Ejecutivas.

1h 7m
JAN 13

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
JAN 13

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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