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Regulate BNPL please. Then watch what happens
The harms are increasingly clear. The counterfactual isn’t
23 hrs ago
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Edoardo Totolo
January 2026
Picking This Back Up
This blog started more than a decade ago under a different name, Kariobangi, during my PhD fieldwork in Nairobi.
Jan 12
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Edoardo Totolo
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Coming soon
This is Totolo | Appunti.
Jan 12
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Edoardo Totolo
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June 2013
Multiple deadlines
I'm about to enter the critical phase of my PhD dissertation writing, so blogging might be intermittent over the next few weeks until the end of the…
Jun 24, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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Reducing supply chain barriers could increase world GDP six times more than removing all tariffs
A recent report released by the World Economic Forum says that border administration and infrastructure are the biggest problem to international trade.
Jun 8, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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How to bargain successfully – avoid round numbers
I’m really bad at bargaining so I shouldn't give advice on this issue.
Jun 5, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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May 2013
FDIs in Africa declined in 2012, but the news is not as bad as it sounds
Ernst & Young's recent “Africa Attractiveness Survey” (pdf) shows that 2012 was a rather disappointing year for foreign direct investment in Africa.
May 30, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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What's the shrewdest, smartest manoeuvre you've ever seen in business?
The question was asked on Quora. There are plenty of interesting answers:
May 29, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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Snapshot of the Kenyan economy in 2012. Still waiting for the good news
I was slightly depressed after reading the highlights of the 2013 Kenya Economic Survey (pdf).
May 24, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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The industrial organization of taxis in Nairobi
I’ve always wondered how thousands of cab drivers organize themselves in a chaotic place like the Nairobi Central Business District.
May 21, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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Mixed links and reads
Can economics save the African Rhino?
May 16, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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Environmental migration in Africa: observed and predicted
It looks like environmental scientists are not jumping into the Afro-optimist bandwagon. Marchiori, Maystadt, and Schumacher (2012) predict that climate…
May 15, 2013
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Edoardo Totolo
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