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Pollution, renewable energy, mobile money, sleep & more

This week in development economics at VoxDev: 01/08/2025

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Unintended consequences: When policy backfires in unforeseen ways

Evidence on VoxDev has shed light on many examples of unintended consequences in economics. What have we learned from when things go wrong?

Jul 29 •

Carbon offsets, Special Economic Zones, remote work & more

This week in development economics at VoxDev: 25/07/2025

Jul 25 •

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Additionality: What it means & why it’s crucial in the fight against climate change

Before taking credit for offsetting carbon or reducing emissions, organisations need to ask: Would this have happened anyway?

Jul 22 •

Pollution, social norms, gender pay gaps, poverty & more

This week in development economics at VoxDev: 18/07/2025

Jul 18 •

Boosting women’s labour force participation in China: Current state and challenges, by Xianghong Wang

Published on IEA-WE Amplifying Voices • Jul 15

Industrial policy, brain drain, climate conflict & more

This week in development economics at VoxDev: 11/07/2025

Jul 11 •

Cities, jobs, agricultural advice, quotas, smoking & more

This week in development economics at VoxDev: 04/07/2025

Jul 4 •

Can smoking bans curb the habit? by Paula Carvalho Pereda and Camila Steffens

Published on IEA-WE Amplifying Voices • Jul 3

June 2025

Economic growth, industrial policy, cash transfers & more

This week in development economics at VoxDev: 27/06/2025

Jun 27 •

Special economic zones, mass vaccination, outsourcing & more

This week in development economics at VoxDev: 20/06/2025

Jun 20 •

War of attrition in the streets: Rethinking the dynamics of protest participation, by Sofía Correa

Published on IEA-WE Amplifying Voices • Jun 17

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