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Are Fuel Subsidies Helping Ecuador, or Holding It Back?
For decades, Ecuador has spent billions keeping gasoline, diesel, and cooking gas cheap. The original motivation for these measures was...
Oct 7, 20255 min read


¿Los Subsidios a los Combustibles Ayudan o Perjudican al Ecuador?
Durante décadas, Ecuador ha gastado miles de millones en mantener bajos los precios de la gasolina, el diésel y el gas doméstico. Las...
Oct 7, 20255 min read


Football for Peace: An introduction to Sports for Development (SPD)
Football (soccer) is a sport that has been associated with violence throughout its history. In its beginnings in the late XIX century,...
Mar 13, 20193 min read


The neuroscience of violence
The field of neuroscience has advanced significantly; however, the brain and neural connections in it are so complex that there are still...
May 16, 20185 min read


What made the homicide rate go down in Bogota and Medellin?
Bogota and Medellin are often cited as successful examples of violence reduction. In 1993, Bogota reached its highest homicide rate ever...
May 6, 20183 min read


Reducing crime and violence through a situational approach
So far, I have mostly focused on how to reduce crime and violence at the individual, family, and relational levels of the socioecological...
May 2, 20183 min read
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