The changing face of development: The gap between macroeconomic policy and research

On our two year anniversary we asked a few experts to reflect over the last two years of development economics and discuss what they think have been the most important challenges and new evidence. In this VoxDev Talk, Bill Easterly, Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute, discusses the backlash against globalisation, and the importance and challenge of conducting research on macroeconomic policies.

 

Editor’s Note: This is part of our 2 year VoxDev anniversary series