3 stories tagged development-economics, newest first.
3 points by paimapi | 1 comments
A Developing Economics blog post on how Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese wheels are used as collateral and financial assets, examining cheese in the context of financialisation.
325 points by surprisetalk | 248 comments
Nature news article reporting that a researcher–religious leader collaboration keeping girls in school in Nigeria cut the likelihood of early marriage by 80%.
362 points by bookofjoe | 295 comments
A blog post by David Oks arguing that many national population figures are unreliable or fabricated, questioning how well we know the world's population.