rich 1.0 Macroeconomic development policies can be effective to combat poverty. But a lot of research uses smaller-scale RCTs and experiments. Can macro theory and micro empirical research complement one another? Francisco Buera and Joseph Kaboski tell Tim Phillips how this can work in practice, and how it can lead to better policy. VoxDev Development Economics https://embeds.audioboom.com/channels/4970774-voxdev-development-economics Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/41162541/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8411859/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>