# Kurtis Lockhart

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The Promise and Challenges of Charter Cities

In this episode, I had a conversation with Kurtis Lockhart who is the executive director of Charter City Institute - a non-profit that thinks and executes governance models for cities to power developing economies into growth and productivity. Our conversation started with an update on the concep…

What’s the Future for Charter Cities after the Honduran ZEDE controversy? w/ Jeffrey Mason, Charter Cities Institute - EP234

In this episode, we delve into the controversy surrounding the Prospera charter city in Honduras, which has embraced libertarian principles and adopted Bitcoin as legal tender and a unit of account. The city is currently embroiled in a legal battle with the Honduran government. Gene asks Jeffrey Ma…

Mark Lutter and Kurtis Lockhart on Building Institutions and the Future of African Education

In this conversation, Kurtis discusses his transition from CCI to establishing the Africa Urban Lab at the African School of Economics in Zanzibar. He highlights the urgent need for new universities in Africa to harness the continent's demographic potential and improve education quality. The conver…

Kurtis Lockhart | Pathways to Progress

Kurtis Lockhart, Executive Director at the Charter Cities Institute, joins Kartik Akileswaran, co-founder of Growth Teams, to discuss the history of charter cities, their impact on development, urban planning, and economic growth. Check out the Charter Cities Institute. Check out Growth Teams. Con…

S3 Ep5: How crime takes over cities

How does organised crime take over a city – and can mayors act before it does? Chris Blattman, economist and political scientist at the University of Chicago, joins Oliver Hanney and Kurtis Lockhart on the Ideas in Development cities series to explain how street gangs evolve into powerful crimina…

S7 Ep22: Chris Blattman on how organised crime takes over cities

This is an episode from VoxDev's new podcast series, Ideas in Development. This series has a separate podcast feed, where you can find every episode of Oliver Hanney and Kurtis Lockhart's conversations on cities. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKF3aJ96L2o Apple Podcasts: https://podcast…

S7 Ep24: Leonard Wantchekon on youth and governance in African cities

This is an episode from VoxDev's new podcast series, Ideas in Development. This series has a separate podcast feed, where you can find every episode of Oliver Hanney and Kurtis Lockhart's conversations on cities.  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOPG6UmOHGUApple Podcasts: https://podcast…

S3 Ep7: The perfect city?

What does a perfect city look like in a low- or middle-income country – and how do you get there? In the closing episode of our cities series, Ed Glaeser joins Kurtis Lockhart and Oliver Hanney for a wide-ranging conversation on what makes cities work. He sets out the three foundations every city…

S7 Ep26: Ed Glaeser on the perfect city and the demons of density

This is an episode from VoxDev's new podcast series, Ideas in Development. This series has a separate podcast feed, where you can find every episode of Oliver Hanney and Kurtis Lockhart's conversations on cities. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjXmiaMPabQ Apple Podcasts: https://podcast…

Stefan Dercon on elite bargains and kickstarting economic growth (via the AUL Podcast)

Slightly different episode today. This is a repost of a recent episode on the Africa Urban Lab's podcast, in which Kurtis Lockhart (who co-hosted our Cities series) interviews Stefan Dercon - very much an episode I wish I'd recorded! You can watch this episode on the AUL's YouTube: https://www.yo…