Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up

The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE) connects women economists worldwide and helps showcase their important empirical research, especially in developing countries. IMF Podcasts has partnered with the IEA-WE to produce a special series featuring the economists behind the invaluable local research that informs policymakers in places often overlooked. This episode of Driving Change features Kenyan economist Rose Ngugi, whose indices are helping local counties design policies that work.

Other episodes in the series include Colombian economics Professor Marcela Eslava, who looks to fix Latin America’s dysfunctional social security network, and Turkish economist Ipek Ilkkaracan, who makes a strong business case for investing in social care infrastructure.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/4eOBbAt

Special thanks to IEA editor Navika Mehta for this collaboration.