## Dani Rodrik on Rethinking Development

_IMF Podcasts_

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**Canonical URL:** [Dani Rodrik on Rethinking Development](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2026/09/10/dani-rodrik-sep-2026)

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## Bibliographic details
- Guest: Dani Rodrik

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### Key findings
- Manufacturing and industrialization have long been the development strategy for many countries in Asia.
- That strategy "has spurred growth and lifted millions out of poverty."
- Despite industrialization, most jobs remain in the untraded services sector.
- Making employment in traditional, domestic services like food, hospitality, and gig work more productive will lead to a more inclusive growth model.
- Dani Rodrik is Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School and co-directs its Reimagining the Economy program.

### Policy implications and recommendations
- Prioritize productivity improvements in untraded, traditional domestic services (examples cited: food, hospitality, gig work) to achieve more inclusive growth.
- Rebalance development strategies to complement industrialization with targeted measures that raise productivity in service sectors where most employment occurs.

### Context and production
- Episode title: Dani Rodrik on Rethinking Development.
- Publication/series: F&D Magazine / Development.
- Date: September 10, 2026.
- Host/producer: Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund; he produces the IMF podcast program and is an award-winning audio producer and journalist.
- Dani Rodrik is identified as the Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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## Content in this bundle

- [Dani Rodrik Mix 1 (MP3)](/-/media/files/news/podcasts/mp3/english/2026/dani-rodrik-mix-1.mp3){rel="external" type="audio/mpeg"}

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## References

- [article](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2026/09/rethinking-development-gordon-hanson)
- [Finance & Development](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd)
- [Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas on the Story Behind the Number](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2026/06/30/pierre-olivier-gourinchas-2026)
- [Jeffry Frieden: The Cost of Geoeconomic Coercion](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2026/06/23/jeffrey-frieden-coercion)
- [Trade among Geopolitical Rivals: Michele Ruta](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2026/06/11/michele-ruta-trade-cooperation)
- [Ha-Joon Chang on Infant Industry Protection](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2026/08/10/ha-joon-chang-2026)
- [Krishna Srinivasan on Asia’s Next Chapter](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2026/09/01/krishna-srinivasan-sept-2026)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2026/09/10/dani-rodrik-sep-2026_