Development Economics (Audio)

What is the most cost effective way to lower fatalities from HIV/AIDS?  The least effective?  The answers may surprise you.

Here is some of the most convincing positive evidence on the high net benefits of deworming programs.

ROSCAs and chit funds are common throughout the developing world. In this lecture we look at how these financial programs work and who uses them.

What do the data -- especially from randomized control trials -- suggest about the effectiveness of microcredit?

What is the role of a financial system? What is the evidence on the relationship between financial development and development?

Finance runs on trust but trust is scarce. We look at how law can help to generate trust using Mexico's security law and recent reforms as an example.