Weekly links January 30: growth ideas, finding meaningful research questions, micro vs macro evidence on AI and productivity, and more… David McKenzie January 30, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevaluations/weekly-links-january-30--growth-ideas--finding-meaningful-resear A new podcast “Ideas in Development”, has Kartik Akileswaran (co‑founder of Growth Teams) and Oliver Hanney (of VoxDev) chatting with policymakers about growth in their countries - so far they've covered Vietnam, Peru, and Costa Rica.