As COP29 approaches, development economics can provide useful tools and insights to help tackle climate change.

This week we featured research on gender stereotypes, alcohol bans, forecasting air pollution & more...

This week we featured research on tax evasion, experiments and institutions, school feeding programmes, social media & more...

This week we featured research on climate change feedback loops, corruption in India, food economics, productivity in the workplace and agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

This week we featured research on urbanisation and flooding, Mexico's pre-school mandate, market access and firm growth, female labour force participation in Bangladesh, enforcement and informal employment, and a tree planting programme in the Philippines.

This week we launched our VoxDevLit on Taxation & Development, as well as featuring research on the gap between education policy and practice, the under adoption of air purifiers, scaling up information interventions and the impacts of large infrastructure projects on formal and informal firms.

How has research featured on VoxDev used different econometric techniques? Here are some examples from recent development economics research, offering insights for students, teachers and academics.