The VoxDev Editorial Board would like to congratulate the 2024 economic sciences laureates, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson. All three laureates have made significant contributions to both development economics and political economy.

Adding communication skills training to health classes for mothers in Uganda increased women’s voice in household decisions but not sufficiently to generate transformative impacts on most child health outcomes

Integrated education interventions with in-school and out-of-school components can increase student learning far beyond either approach independently

An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda

Lottery incentives targeting risk lovers led to a 20% reduction in HIV incidence