Oliver Hanney

📚🌍 Interested in development economics? Looking for newsletters, articles, podcasts, & videos to stay updated? As this place gets less & less useful, I thought I'd collect useful links in this thread - a one-stop shop for free accessible resources in development economics 🧵

🆕 A stepping stone approach to mitigating harmful social norms Selim Gulesci (@tcdeconomics), @samjindani_ (@NUSingapore), @elianalaferrara (@Kennedy_School), @dsmerdon (@UQ_News), Munshi Sulaiman (@Bigd_BracU) & Peyton Young (@JHUEconomics): voxdev.org/topic/institut…

🆕 Edutainment: Can storytelling reduce violence against women and children? 📢 Today on #VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @a_peterman (@UNICEFEval) discusses how mass media can meaningfully shift attitudes and behaviours in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/health/e…

🆕 How economists are using new data sources in development economics Research on @vox_dev draws on a variety of data sources - satellites, phones, leaks & more. In this blog, I highlight what we learn about development from these novel data sources: voxdev.org/topic/how-econ…

🆕 How remote work can broaden recruitment and boost productivity Today on VoxDev, @cevatgirayaksoy (@Kingspol_econ), @I_Am_NickBloom (@StanfordEcon), Steven Davis (@HooverInst), Victoria Marino (@EBRD) & @CemOzguzel (@PSEinfo) outline research on Turkey: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

🆕 Managing menstrual hygiene: The economics of period poverty 📢 Today on #VoxDevTalks, @castrofsilvia (@ECONMunich) & @KristinaCzura (@univgroningen) explain how menstrual hygiene is just as much an economic concern as it is a public health one: voxdev.org/topic/health/m…

🆕 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China Today on VoxDev, Qiaoyi Chen, Nicholas Ryan (@YaleEconomics) & @DanielYiXu (@DukeEcon) outline how a carbon offset programme raised emissions in China: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

🆕 Special Economic Zones in India: Engines of economic growth or inefficiency? Today on VoxDev, Holger Görg (@kielinstitute) & Alina Mulyukova (@uniGoettingen) discuss firm productivity in public versus private SEZs in India: voxdev.org/topic/firms/sp…

🆕 Tackling water scarcity: Lessons from a megaproject in China Today on VoxDev, Guangbo Huang (@PKU1898), Chong Liu, Tianyang Xi, Huayu Xu & Wei You discuss the agricultural and economic gains of large-scale, long-distance water transfers: voxdev.org/topic/agricult…

🆕 Can governments promote long-term employment through wage subsidies? Lessons from North Macedonia Today on VoxDev w/ @ARMANDalex (@NovaSBE), @carneiro_econ (@EconUCL), Federico Tagliati (@BancoDeEspana) & Yiming Xia (@SWUFE1925): voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

Teaching or studying economics? This blog is for you... @emaansiddique and I have updated @vox_dev's series of blogs showcasing how economists use different econometric techniques to answer interesting and important policy questions. Read here: voxdev.org/topic/examples…

🆕 Understanding men’s true perspectives on gender-based violence in Mali Today on VoxDev w/ Olivia Bertelli (@Paris_Dauphine), Thomas Calvo (@ird_fr), Emmanuelle Lavallée (@Paris_Dauphine), @MarionMercier1 (@CNRS_Paris) & Sandrine Mesplé-Somps (@ird_fr): voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

Thank you @vox_dev for covering our (w Saad Gulzar) work on bureaucrat incentives to reduce crop-related fires and air pollution! Full paper at nature.com/articles/s4158…

🆕 Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation Emily Aiken (@cmu_africa), Suzanne Bellue (@ENSAEparis), @jblumenstock (@BerkeleyISchool), @deankarlan (@KelloggSchool @NU_GPRL) & @chrisudry (@NUEconomics): voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

🌍 Always nice to see that people are reading @vox_dev across the world when checking the real-time updates from Google Analytics.

🆕 The gender pay gap in South Africa: Firms, formality and churn Today on VoxDev, @ihsaanbassier (@economicssurrey) & Leila Gautham (@UniversityLeeds) discuss the dynamics of the gender pay gap in South Africa: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

🆕 Strengthening bureaucrat incentives can curb crop burning and save lives in India and Pakistan Today on VoxDev w/ @gemmadipoppa (@Columbia_PolSci) & @saadgulzar (@KeoughGlobalND): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

Evidence gaps: Key unanswered questions across 16 topics in development economics | @vox_dev We now have 16 VoxDevLits! Each review summarises evidence & spotlights the big policy questions where evidence is still missing ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/evidence…

🆕 Preschools as a pathway out of poverty: Evidence from Mozambique Today on VoxDev, Marina Bassi (@wb_research), Bruno Besbas, @ile_din (@wb_research), @saravana_econ (@LKYSch) & Ana Reynoso (@umichECON) discuss a preschool construction programme: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…