The Responsibility of Growing Up
It takes a village to raise a child. That old African proverb is quite true: a kid would grow up with grandparents, cousins, teachers, neighbours, all keeping half an eye on them.
I am Marc Gené Nogales, a development economist working at the point where policy, data, and people’s lives meet. I have spent my studies, my career, and a fair amount of research trying to understand what is really going on underneath complex topics, with a special focus on social issues, governance, and markets.
This blog is part of that effort. One article at a time, I tackle new and interesting topics I am learning about.
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Family and Famine
On 1 December 1942, with London still counting its dead, people queued outside His Majesty's Stationery Office to buy a government report on social insurance.
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What is double materiality?
High in Tajikistan's Pamir Mountains, overlooking the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan, sits some of the most remote land on earth.
The price to pay
Among the many things we are, we are transactional creatures. It's an uncomfortable thing to admit about yourself, but the truth is that you can stretch the logic of the trade across almost any part…
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