Episodes

  • S3 Ep4: Local employment impacts of industrial vs. artisanal mining in Liberia

    S3 Ep4: Local employment impacts of industrial vs. artisanal mining in Liberia
    Aug 6 2024
    In the 2024 season of the Conversations on Transformation series, recorded at the STEG Annual Conference in Abu-Dhabi NYU, Tim Phillips talks to some of the speakers about the challenges and opportunities of structural transformation, growth, and economic development.

    In the last episode of this year’s series, Tim talks to Melanie Gräser about her research on how Liberia’s growth depends on mining and how different types of mining contracts—industrial versus artisanal—can have different outcomes for local communities.
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    27 mins
  • S3 Ep6: How will a new malaria vaccine shape Africa’s economic future?

    S3 Ep6: How will a new malaria vaccine shape Africa’s economic future?
    Jul 30 2024
    In the 2024 season of the Conversations on Transformation series, recorded at the STEG Annual Conference in Abu-Dhabi NYU, Tim Phillips talks to some of the speakers about the challenges and opportunities of structural transformation, growth, and economic development.

    The health benefits for children and adults of the recent malaria vaccination efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa are very clear. In the sixth episode, Tim talks to Minki Kim about the economic impact that this new vaccine will have on Africa’s future.

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    13 mins
  • S3 Ep5: No Country for dying firms: evidence from India

    S3 Ep5: No Country for dying firms: evidence from India
    Jul 23 2024
    In the 2024 season of the Conversations on Transformation series, recorded at the STEG Annual Conference in Abu-Dhabi NYU, Tim Phillips talks to some of the speakers about the challenges and opportunities of structural transformation, growth, and economic development.

    Creative destruction is the process by which failing businesses are replaced by new, more entrepreneurial firms. In the fifth episode, Tim talks to Shoumitro Chatterjee about the effect on business and on the economy at large if those firms find it hard to go out of business.

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    15 mins
  • S3 Ep4: How much is a formal job worth in Mexico?

    S3 Ep4: How much is a formal job worth in Mexico?
    Jul 16 2024
    n the 2024 season of the Conversations on Transformation series recorded at the STEG Annual Conference at NYU Abu Dhabi, Tim Phillips talks to some of the speakers about the challenges and opportunities of structural transformation, growth, and economic development.

    Informal employment in Mexico amounts to half of all employment. In the fourth episode, Tim talks to Brenda Samaniego de la Parra about the informal economy and her latest research on the value attributed to formal jobs.

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    31 mins
  • S3 Ep3: Is the Industrial Revolution an inevitable development process?

    S3 Ep3: Is the Industrial Revolution an inevitable development process?
    Jul 9 2024
    In the 2024 season of the Conversations on Transformation series, recorded at the STEG Annual Conference at NYU Abu-Dhabi, Tim Phillips talks to some of the speakers about the challenges and opportunities of structural transformation, growth, and economic development.

    In the third episode, Tim talks to Felipe Sáenz about his latest research on the Industrial Revolution and the patterns of growth that began in Europe and the United States more than two centuries ago, which are now spreading globally.
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    26 mins
  • S3 Ep2: Applying economic theory to empower Ghanian farmers

    S3 Ep2: Applying economic theory to empower Ghanian farmers
    Jul 2 2024
    In the 2024 season of the Conversations on Transformation series recorded at the STEG Annual Conference at NYU Abu Dhabi, Tim Phillips talks to some of the speakers about the challenges and opportunities of structural transformation, growth, and economic development.

    In the second episode, Tim talks to Yaw Nyarko, who set up a microcredit system and nano-commodity exchanges for maize farmers in Ghana.

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    22 mins
  • S3 Ep1: Industrial policy: theory and evidence from the South Korean miracle

    S3 Ep1: Industrial policy: theory and evidence from the South Korean miracle
    Jun 25 2024
    In the 2024 season of the Conversations on Transformation series, recorded at the STEG Annual Conference 2024 at NYU Abu-Dhabi, Tim Phillips talks to some of the speakers about the challenges and opportunities of structural transformation, growth, and economic development.

    The focus of the first episode is industrial policy. Tim talks to Yongseok Shin, who, during his keynote at the conference, examined South Korea's economic growth in recent decades to identify a research agenda that could help better understand and potentially replicate such economic miracles.

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    28 mins
  • S2 Ep5: Conversations on Transformation: Chinese Imports and Industrialization in Africa - Marina Ngoma

    S2 Ep5: Conversations on Transformation: Chinese Imports and Industrialization in Africa - Marina Ngoma
    Mar 8 2023
    The Conversations on Transformation series, narrated by Tim Phillips, investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

    In this fifth and final episode, Tim talks to Marina Ngoma (Tufts University) about how Chinese imports have spurred manufacturing employment in Ethiopia.

    Read Chinese Imports and Industrialization in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia by Marina Ngoma (Tufts University) presented at the STEG Annual Conference 2023.
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    15 mins