Blogs

VoxEU

  • Special Economic Zones and the slow path to regional convergence (November 2024)
  • De-risking by correspondent banks and international trade (September 2024)
  • Blended finance and female entrepreneurs (January 2024)
  • The future of finance in post-war Ukraine (January 2023)
  • Corporate debt and business dynamism in emerging Europe (November 2022)
  • Shifting the composition of startup cohorts boosts macroeconomic performance (August 2022)
  • State ownership and corporate leverage around the world (June 2022)
  • Discrimination of sexual minorities in emerging markets (January 2022)
  • Barriers to net-zero: How firms can make or break the green transition (March 2021)
  • Information sharing and the geography of banking (March 2021)
  • Coronavirus credit support: Don’t let liquidity lifelines become a golden noose (June 2020)
  • Men (April 2020)
  • Gender discrimination in small business lending (October 2019)
  • Financial constraints and the diffusion of technology (August 2019)
  • Automation in the transition region (January 2019)
  • OK to be gay: Marriage equality and tolerance towards LGBT (October 2018)
  • Finance and pollution (October 2018)
  • The inner workings of the board: Evidence from emerging markets (December 2017)
  • The LiTS survey: A decade of measuring transition (Augustus 2017)
  • Natural resource extraction and local business constraints (September 2016)
  • Mandatory credit registries and bank loan quality (March 2016)
  • Rebalancing finance (November 2015)
  • Microcredit: Neither miracle nor mirage (June 2015)
  • Credit access and technology adoption: Evidence from Russia (May 2015)
  • Banking integration and dollarisation (March 2015)
  • SME lending: When arm’s length is too far (July 2014)
  • Banking union: The view from emerging Europe (October 2012)
  • Financial stability in emerging Europe: The Vienna Initiative (April 2012)
  • Microfinance: Is it time to write off group loans? (December 2011)
  • How did multinational banks weather the previous perfect storm? (December 2011)
  • Running for the exit: International banks and crisis transmission (February 2011)
  • A wake-up call for bank lending standards (August 2010)
  • In defence of foreign banks (May 2009)

Other blogs and policy pieces

  • State ownership and corporate leverage around the world (June 2022)
  • VoxDev: Can joint-liability microcredit help to share entrepreneurial risks? (May 2021)
  • World Bank Blog: Barriers to net zero: How firms can make or break the green transition (March 2021)
  • Men (April 2020)
  • Measuring impact: Crucial for effective development aid (in Dutch) (February 2020)
  • Financial markets and decarbonisation (January 2020)
  • Gender discrimination in small business lending (January 2020)
  • Same-sex marriage laws change attitudes towards gays and lesbians (February 2019)
  • Leveraging the demographic transition in North Africa (November 2018)
  • Financial development and industrial pollution (September 2018)
  • Life satisfaction in Arab countries (February 2018)
  • What’s holding back the private sector in MENA? (October 2017)
  • Reducing non-performing loans in Europe (July 2017)
  • The dual role of boards as supervisors and management advisors (March 2017)
  • The inner workings of the board: Evidence from Emerging Markets (February 2017)
  • Mining projects can hurt nearby manufacturing firms (September 2016)
  • The banking union: A panacea for Eastern Europe? (March 2016)
  • When arm’s length is too far (July 2014)
  • Microcredit: Choosing between inclusion and impact? (December 2012)

Podcasts and videos

  • Vox Talks: Masculinity around the world (November 2024)
  • Vox Talks: Anti-LGBT discrimination in transition economies (February 2022)
  • Pocket Economics podcast: Can finance reduce pollution during the Covid-19 crisis? (May 2020)
  • LSE Video: Equity and sustainable development (January 2020)
  • Vox Talks: Can the stock market help save the planet? (November 2019)
  • Vox Video: Can finance reduce pollution? (June 2018)
  • Pocket Economics podcast: Does gender matter in lending? (March 2018)
  • Pocket Economics podcast: Innovation in firms, a recipe for growth (September 2017)
  • Pocket Economics podcast: Microfinance – A miracle cure for poverty? (September 2016)