VoxDev Development Economics
A selection of our favourite sources of research, newsletters, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on development economics, including researchers who have written for VoxDev.
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@emaansiddique.bsky.social
Writer of thedevelopingeconomist.substack.com Deputy Managing Editor @voxdev.bsky.social All views are my own
@unu-wider.bsky.social
@rodrigooliveira.bsky.social
Research Associate @UNUWIDER | Development Economist | Views are my own. AXÉ. RIP Twitter. https://sites.google.com/view/rodrigo-c-oliveira/home
@j-pal.bsky.social
We are a global poverty research center at MIT that conducts randomized evaluations and builds partnerships to bring innovative, effective programs to scale.
@theigc.bsky.social
The IGC works with policymakers in developing countries to promote inclusive and sustainable growth through pathbreaking research.
@simonrquinn.bsky.social
@benedetta-lerva.bsky.social
Researcher at the World Bank on the economics of agriculture, education, social protection. Now mainly thinking about structural transformation in African agriculture 🌽🍍🥭
@marijo-silva-v.bsky.social
Development economics and public policy researcher at J-PAL Europe & LISER Photographer of social stories https://www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/335374 Research comms with visual stories Bolivian & naturalised-Italian
@willmasters.bsky.social
Prof. at the Friedman School of Nutrition & Dept. of Economics at Tufts University @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social. Open-access book on Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health. Details: http://sites.tufts.edu/willmasters
@jvargas.bsky.social
🇨🇴 living in 🇮🇹. Carlo Alberto Chair at Collegio Carlo Alberto and Professor @economicsunito.bsky.social
@lea-rouanet.bsky.social
Senior Economist and Deputy Head at World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab. Views are my own. https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/africa-gender-innovation-lab
@apvjustino.bsky.social
Deputy Director @UNUWIDER and Professorial Fellow @IDS_UK (on leave). Views are my own. https://patriciajustino.net/
@giannolamichele.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II. UCL PhD. I study human capital and family economics.
@tilmanbrueck.bsky.social
Zero Hunger. And Peace. For All. @ IGZ, HU & ISDC. www.linkedin.com/in/tilmanbrueck
@amadestam.bsky.social
Professor of economics at Stockholm University interested in economic development and political economics. https://www.andreasmadestam.com/
@victoiregirard.bsky.social
Development & natural resources economist – research mostly on identity, violence & (artisanal) mines – @novafrica.bsky.social https://sites.google.com/site/girardvictoire/
@marcosanfilip.bsky.social
Professor of Economics University of Turin; Affiliate Collegio Carlo Alberto; Visiting Fellow European University Institute; 3 Kids (incl. twins). From Siracusa. Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/marcosanfilippo
@guilhemcassan.bsky.social
Economist @UNamur. Development/Political econ/Identity and Gender in economics/Shameless self promotion. CEPR/CAGE/EUDN/CEPREMAP https://perso.unamur.be/~gcassan/
@eleonoraguarnieri.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Bristol || From Val di Rabbi, Trentino, Italy https://sites.google.com/view/eleonora-guarnieri
@kallehi.bsky.social
Development economist @ International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) kallehirvonen.com
@pamemedinaq.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics @ UTSC and Rotman. Peruvian. Small. Interested in international trade, firm dynamics, and development. Personal site: https://sites.google.com/site/pamelamedinaq/
@victorpouliquen.bsky.social
Economist at the University of Essex. Public policy, taxation, gender, West Africa... https://sites.google.com/site/victorpouliquen/
@koppensteiner.bsky.social
Professor in economics, University of Surrey, IZA & J-PAL. Working on crime, education, and health. Advisor ETAP, Home Office & Secretariats of Public Safety & Health (Brazil) www.koppensteiner.info
@fgerard.bsky.social
Economist studying public policies in middle-income and lower-income countries. Dad, dog-lover, Brazilian wannabe
@lnavarrosola.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at IIES, Stockholm University. Researching the provision of education for underprivileged populations, focusing on labor market returns to human capital and the role of educational technologies. www.laianavarrosola.com
@guygrossman.bsky.social
Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com
@berkozler12.bsky.social
Animal lover/researcher/plant-based eater and cook. https://sites.google.com/site/decrgberkozler/home. Assaggiatore Professionista (http://onaoo.it/ozler-berk/)
@fuchsa.bsky.social
Professor of Development Economics at University of Göttingen. Director of CeMEAS and Kiel Institute China Initiative. Previously HSU Hamburg, Heidelberg University, and Princeton University. #research
@dijanazet.bsky.social
AP Economics at the University of Vienna Political Economy | Development Economics | Health Economics https://sites.google.com/view/dijanazejcirovic/home
@ggenicot.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Georgetown University. Co-editor at @qe_editors.
@arvind2011.bsky.social
Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics; former Chief Economic Adviser, Govt. of India
@rjuhasz.bsky.social
AP, Vancouver School of Economics, UBC. Co-founder of The Industrial Policy Group. Mostly industrial policy and industrialization.
@fschilbach.bsky.social
Behavioral and development economist at MIT studying poverty, sleep, alcohol, mental health, and loneliness
@plvezina.bsky.social
Economist at King's College London. Trade, development, migration, political madness, grand corruption. pierrelouisvezina@weebly.com
@raffasadun.bsky.social
Professor at Harvard Business School. Director of the NBER Organizational Economics working group. Co-Director of the Digital Reskilling Lab at HBS. https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=541712
@guoxu.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Business and Public Policy at @BerkeleyHaas | Political Economy, Econ History, Organizations www.guoxu.org
@tonysangle.bsky.social
Non-Resident Research Fellow & former Chief Economist UNU-WIDER Helsinki. 🇺🇳🇫🇮Former Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen.🇩🇰Also Manchester & Warwick universities 🇬🇧 https://www.wider.unu.edu/expert/tony-addison-0
@charlesjkenny.bsky.social
Fellow at the Center for Global Development, author of Getting Better and The Plague Cycle. (CGD doesn't have institutional positions, so don't blame it for mine).
@saralowes.bsky.social
UCSDEcon | Ph.D. Harvard | Development, culture, political economy, and economic history
@nathanlane.bsky.social
Economics professor at Oxford. “Posting through it." Co-founder of @industrialpolicy.bsky.social
@novosad.bsky.social
Econ prof @dartmouth, founder devdatalab.org r2: a morass of disjointed streams of consciousness 🤷♂️
@soumayakeynes.ft.com
Economics columnist at the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/soumaya-keynes Host of The Economics Show podcast https://link.chtbl.com/economicsshow Singer-songwriter http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
@oxfordcsae.bsky.social
We're the Centre for the Study of African Economies, a research centre at the University of Oxford. We focus on improving economic and social conditions in developing countries.
@danbanik.bsky.social
Professor of political science, University of Oslo; Academic Director of Circle U's democracy hub; Co-lead, Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence; Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria; Podcaster @globaldevpod.bsky.social
@ryancbriggs.net
Raising kids & bread & grant money. Cleaning data & diapers & fish. EA (bed nets, not light cone). Social scientist. typos. twitter.com/ryancbriggs
@africa.theconversation.com
An independent source of news and views on Africa from the academic and research community. Read us at theconversation.com/africa
@ourworldindata.org
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems. Based out of Oxford University (@ox.ac.uk), founded by @maxroser.bsky.social.
@carolinalopez.bsky.social
Research Economist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group
@princetondevo.bsky.social
Economics research on the causes and consequences of global poverty.
@sarahkhan.bsky.social
DevEcon - University of Goettingen || Royal Holloway, University of London alumna || Previously, SOAS
@erikadeserranno.bsky.social
Economist. Bocconi University. On leave from Kellogg School or Management. (Development, Personnel, Organizational Economics)
@juanfeliperiano.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgetown Formerly: Postdoc at Stanford and Ph.D. at UBC Political Economy, Development Economics, and EH #EconSky 📉📈 Website: https://www.juanfeliperiano.com 🇨🇴
@giorgiabarboni.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School. Development Economics, Household Finance, Green Finance, and Banking. www.giorgiabarboni.com
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
Working on misinformation, political economy, and development. @ITAM_mx @JPAL and often revisiting @IASToulouse and TSE. Formerly at @Harvard. @MITEcon PhD.
@mdgordo.bsky.social
environment, development, economics. american in paris. AP at @PSEinfo
@lgadenne.bsky.social
Associate prof Queen Mary University of London, Associate Director Institute for Fiscal Studies. Co-editor, Journal of Public Economics luciegadenne.com
@eeshani.bsky.social
She/her. Development economist. Gender, health, and nutrition. Currently at CGD. WB Research, Illinois, and Macalester alumna. Forever a Delhi girl. #econsky
@arthurbraganca7.bsky.social
Senior economist at The World Bank | Environment and development | Personal views | Likes != endorsement | https://arthurbraganca7.github.io | 👦 👶 👼 🔺🎾 📈 🌳
@sandrarozo.bsky.social
Development Economist. Researcher on Forced Migration. Econ PhD from UCLA. Former USC, IDB. Currently WB Research Group.
@sandipz.bsky.social
Development economist \ potter \ cricket fan \ besotted father https://uva.theopenscholar.com/sandip-sukhtankar/
@hopecm.bsky.social
Development Economist. Ag econ. Associate Professor UIUC ACE Incoming co-editor, Food Policy (spring 2025)
@seankhiggins.bsky.social
Prof @NorthwesternU @KelloggSchool Finance. I study how technology reduces frictions in payments markets and consumer financial markets
@toddpugatch.bsky.social
education and development economist at University at Buffalo @ubuffalo.bsky.social, dad, Red Sox fan
@vinpons.bsky.social
Professor at Harvard Business School. Affiliate at NBER, CEPR, JPal. Cofounder at Explain. Column at Les Echos. Political economy, development, tech.
@allanhsiao.bsky.social
Assistant professor @StanfordEcon | environment, development, IO, trade | allanhsiao.com
@cgdev.org
The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev🌍 Celebrating 20+ years of independent research & ideas for global prosperity. mediarelations@cgdev.org
@wsandholtz.bsky.social
waynesandholtz.com Dad. Assistant Prof of Economics at @NovaSBE. PhD @UCSDEcon, BA @BYUEcon. Interested in development, education, and political economy. He. Him.
@cynthiakinnan.bsky.social
Development economist at Tufts University. I'm interested in direct and indirect effects of financial inclusion, risk, social networks & B2B networks in developing settings.
@joshdeutschmann.bsky.social
Economist @Development Innovation Lab, UChicago. Opinions mine, etc. | Virginia Tech fan | Website: jwdeutschmann.com
@annefitz13.bsky.social
Associate Prof @ Ohio State AEDE. Development economics, global health, education, RCTs, Buckeyes, gymnastics Views here are my own. https://sites.google.com/site/fitzpatrickanne/home
@falbav.bsky.social
AP Economics at Wake Forest University - Applied Microeconomist working on Labor and Health. Peruana 🇵🇪 Columbia Ph.D, PUCP BA https://fabiolaalbavivar.com/
@teevrat.bsky.social
Environmental and Development Economist at UCSD. Board of AERE, Editor at JAERE.
@paddycarter.bsky.social
Head of development economics at British International Investment, formerly CGD, ODI, lapsed academic economist and macroeconomics hobbyist. https://sites.google.com/site/paddycarter/
@jondequidt.bsky.social
Economist at Queen Mary University, London https://jondequidt.com
@seema.bsky.social
Economics professor at Princeton. I study environmental conservation, gender equality, and (too many) other topics in developing countries. seemajayachandran.com
@scepticalranil.bsky.social
I think you'll find it's a little more complicated than that. "Office-talking monster" - my 4 year old. Deputy Chief Economist (FCDO), DPhil (BSG).
@joshtdean.bsky.social
Behavioral and development economist. Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics
@daveevansphd.bsky.social
Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. Formerly: Center for Global Development, World Bank, RAND Corporation, and my local movie theater. I mostly share about international development research plus books and movies.
@adreher.bsky.social
Professor of International and Development Politics, Editor of RIO. #china, #aid, www.axel-dreher.de.
@saadgulzar.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Princeton. Study representation, development, and the environment with a focus on South Asia. http://saadgulzar.com/
@jkerwin.bsky.social
Development Economist @ UW. Hawaiʻi born, Stanford alum, Michigan PhD. Views my own. My website: http://jasonkerwin.com
@johannesmboehm.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute & CEPR. Growth, Trade, Productivity, Organization, Environment, South Asia. https://jmboehm.github.io/
@thomasfujiwara.bsky.social
Economist at Princeton U, studying political economy, development, and gender.
@dmckenzie.bsky.social
Lead Economist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group Development Impact blogger https://sites.google.com/site/decrgdmckenzie/
@rfisman.bsky.social
Econ prof at BU. I mostly study hidden influence in U.S. politics (not so hidden these days). Some people call it corruption. I agree... https://sites.bu.edu/fisman/ Working on a book about whether business will save or destroy the world (Spoiler: Neither)
@ericverhoogen.bsky.social
Economist at Columbia (Econ & SIPA), studying firms & development. http://www.columbia.edu/~ev2124/
@leightjessica.bsky.social
Development economist, @Yale / @UniofOxford / @MIT. Asso editor, REHO + CER. Editorial board member, BMC Public Health + PloS One. Structural transformation, agriculture, gender, IPV. Views my own
@sberkouwer.bsky.social
Economics professor at Wharton (Penn) studying environment and development. NBER Fellow, JPAL Affiliate, BREAD Affiliate. PhD from Berkeley (ARE). They/them pronouns. From Holland and into biking, cheese, and being tall. https://www.susannaberkouwer.com