STEG Podcast Series

STEG Podcast Series

The STEG Podcast Series investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

Episodes

August 6, 2024 26 mins
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 t...
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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 t...
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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 Sho...
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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 econ...
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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 ...
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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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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...
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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 Eth...
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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 fourth episode of five, Tim talks to Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth College) about how multinational affiliates and domestic firms in Vietnam adjusted to new export opportunities in the United States.

Read FDI Inflows and Dom...
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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 third episode of five, Tim talks to Allan Hsiao (Princeton University) about how Jakarta has adapted to sea level rise and why government intervention might have actually complicated the issue.

Read Sea Level Rise and ...
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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 second episode of five, Tim talks to Nathan Lane (University of Oxford) about a new approach to measuring industrial policy and the new insights this offers.

Read The Who, What, When, and How of Industrial Policy: A Te...
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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 first episode of five, Tim talks to Adnan Khan (Chief Economist at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) about how research is put into practice and the importance of structural transformation in contemporary p...
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The Transforming Growth 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 Nicola Limodio (Bocconi University) about the investment of Chinese firms in developing economies.

Read The Impact of Chinese FDI in Africa: Evidence From Ethiopia by Riccardo Crescenzi (Londo...
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The Transforming Growth series, narrated by Tim Phillips, investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

In this fourth episode of five, Tim talks to Katherine Stapleton (World Bank) about automation in advanced economies and what this means for trade and globalisation.

Read Automation, Trade and Multinational Activity: Micro Evidence from S...
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The Transforming Growth series, narrated by Tim Phillips, investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

In this third episode of five, Tim talks to Federico Huneeus (Bank of Chile) and Richard Rogerson (Princeton University) about one of the biggest questions on economic development, what determines the differential pathways of industrialisation tha...
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The Transforming Growth series, narrated by Tim Phillips, investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

In this second episode of five, Tim talks to Stephie Fried (Arizona State University and San Francisco Fed) about how important a reliable source of electricity is for firms that want to grow.

Read Electricity and Firm Productivity: A Gen...
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The Transforming Growth series, narrated by Tim Phillips, investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

In this first episode of five, Tim talks to Doug Gollin (CEPR & University of Oxford) & Joe Kaboski (CEPR & University of Notre Dame), the academic leads of the Structural Transformation & Economic Growth (STEG) programme, about wh...
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