Independent economic research.
We aggregate public data that is rarely read, make it legible, and publish what the numbers say — without inference of intent, without political position, without institutional affiliation. The data is the argument.
Large institutions generate large amounts of data. Most of it is published — by obligation, by statute, by the institutions themselves. Almost none of it is read, aggregated, or presented in a form that makes the patterns visible to anyone outside the institutions that generate it.
Cartablanca Labs exists to close that gap. We take public data — from international institutions, governments, and statistical bodies — and do the work of making it legible: cleaning, aggregating, cross-referencing, and visualising until the structural patterns become readable.
We do not have a policy position. We do not advocate. We do not infer intent. We publish what the data shows, cite every source, document every limitation, and leave the interpretation to those who read it.
The name: carta blanca — a blank page. What you write on it is what the evidence allows.