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Why are the ‘Missing Women’ Missing?

Why are the ‘Missing Women’ Missing?

The skewed gender ratio across Asia, particularly India and China, prefaced the notion of missing women. Since then, the trends and reasons…
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Rebuilding Rwanda; Building Africa

Rebuilding Rwanda; Building Africa

It has been around twenty-five years since the Rwandan genocide, but, with a vision to steer the economy, the leadership in Rwanda has…
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Good Measure, Bad Measure and the Goodhart’s Law

Good Measure, Bad Measure and the Goodhart’s Law

The article describes the Goodhart’s Law and the Lucas Critique and its implications on policy decisions, briefly focussing on the measure…
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The Microfinance Silver Bullet

The Microfinance Silver Bullet

A silver bullet is an action that cuts through complexity, providing an immediate solution to a long-standing problem. Is microfinance that…
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In Search of a Self-Provisioning Society

In Search of a Self-Provisioning Society

A self-provisioning society can be an intersection of the commons, as envisioned by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom, and cooperative…
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The Time Relevance of Vaccine Passports

The Time Relevance of Vaccine Passports

The idea of vaccine passports has been around long before COVID-19 disrupted travel and commute. While pre-COVID-19 vaccination…
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Modern Monetary Theory: A Paradigm Shift or Drift?

Modern Monetary Theory: A Paradigm Shift or Drift?

Modern Monetary Theory is a post-Keynesian heterodox theory postulating that an economy holding a sovereign currency can never run out of…
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Building a Missing Middle Housing

Building a Missing Middle Housing

As the world is on the verge of a global housing crisis, the lack of a missing middle limit the number of options households have while…
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Choosing Out of a Paradox

Choosing Out of a Paradox

Two paradoxes — that of value and choice — in economic and psychological decision-making are quite different yet similar. At the…
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A Missing Middle Within the Manufacturing Sector

A Missing Middle Within the Manufacturing Sector

The article unveils the missing middle phenomenon or the lack of medium-sized enterprises in the industrial sector of developing economies.
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In Search of a Free Market Solution

In Search of a Free Market Solution

When do the free markets cease to be self-correcting? The article charts the evolution of economic thought, from traditional laissez-faire…
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Monopsony in the Labor Market

Monopsony in the Labor Market

This explainer expands on the labor demand and supply in a monopsonistic labor market, exploring the effect of collective bargaining by…
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Is the Life Expectancy Expected to Decline Eventually?

Is the Life Expectancy Expected to Decline Eventually?

While life expectancy in the United States fell from 2015 to 2017, we could observe a similar trend in the post-pandemic world but due to…
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The Capitalism of Perpetual Surveillance

The Capitalism of Perpetual Surveillance

In 2001, Shoshana Zuboff coined the term ‘surveillance capitalism’ for what once was a panacea in the wake of the dot-com bust, which now…
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Human as Capital

Human as Capital

Human capital accumulation is equally essential to the production process in an economy, as is physical capital formation. The article…
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The Flawed Idea of a Universal Basic Income

The Flawed Idea of a Universal Basic Income

A Universal and Unconditional Basic Income is a disincentive to employment and financial sovereignty that ought to do more harm than good…
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The Robinhood of Financial Capitalism

The Robinhood of Financial Capitalism

Sparing the technical details of what happened, the article draws lessons from the GameStop frenzy and comments on the growing…
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Theory of Change for Development Evaluation

Theory of Change for Development Evaluation

A theory to explain causal pathways of anticipated impact after initiating an intervention, used in monitoring and evaluation methods, in…
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Urban Bias in Rural Development

Urban Bias in Rural Development

While the governments and policymakers set development goals, they often neglect the privations of rural areas. The article talks about…
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