Designing Policies that Work – Behavioral Economic Insights from the UK Government’s Nudge Unit

This webinar featured speakers from the Behavioural Insights Team, who discussed how behavioral insights can support the work of the IMF, drawing on their “Behavioural Economy” report. The webinar discussed: • Shaping systems and markets - why markets fail due to behavioral reasons, and how a behavioral approach can help tackle the world's biggest challenges, including climate change • Debiasing our own decision-making - why policymakers often fail to make good decisions, and what we can do about it