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This week in development economics at VoxDev: 31/07/2026
This week we featured research on rural banking, skills training, private schooling and more!

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Can a one-hour documentary change long-term economic behaviour?
A randomised trial in rural Ethiopia found that a single one-hour screening of documentaries featuring relatable role models produced lasting increases in farm investment, schooling, and household wealth five years on.

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Does private preschool really give children a head start?
In rural India, children in private preschools learn far more than those in public ones. Unequal access to private preschools explains most of the learning gap between richer and poorer children at school entry.

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How AI can put 20 years of development evidence to work
A new playbook from J-PAL argues that AI's value in development lies not in the technology itself but in how well it is grafted onto decades of existing evidence about what improves lives.

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Rethinking multiple hypothesis testing: A welfare-based approach
A new theoretical framework provides guidance about when adjusting for multiple hypothesis testing is likely to lead to better decisions – and when it might go too far and lead to policy mistakes instead. The authors illustrate the consequences with real-world applications to the drug approval process and to programme evaluations at J-PAL.

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