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The shadows of the informal economy
July 15, 2013 4 min. read

In which sector of the economy are women disproportionately (over)represented? And even though they are in the majority, still get paid less than their male counterparts? There may of course be more than one answer to these questions, however for the purposes of this blog post, the one I’m going with is “the informal economy,” […]

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How the Philippines Stays Afloat and a Thai's Military Update
August 26, 2009 5 min. read

– Asia Times has an article on how the Filipino economy has stayed afloat due to the prodigious amount of   remittance it receives.  In a sense, Filipinos are to parts of East Asia and the Middle East what Mexican and Central Americans are to the United States or to a lesser extent, Former Soviets […]

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