Can The Afghan Economy Be Saved?
February 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at Afghanistan’s economy and economic future. As the article notes: Whipsawed by a long-drawn U.S.-led military operation and a decade of erratic international economic assistance, Afghanistan is in shambles. With economic development always considered secondary to security concerns, little has been done in the past decade to establish a […]
Read more »TAPI Pipeline: Pakistan Proposes Uniform Transit Fee
February 3rd, 2012
Via The Express Tribune, an article on Pakistan’s recent proposal of a uniform transit fee for the import of gas under the $7.6 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project: “…Pakistan has proposed Afghanistan a uniform transit fee for the import of gas under the $7.6 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, government officials say. In […]
Read more »Indonesia: An Investment Haven?
February 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Indonesia: Those hoping to get away from it all in Indonesia usually think of Bali. But Jakarta’s financial markets are arguably as much of a haven for investors these days. Investors are drawn to Indonesia by strong domestic consumption from an increasingly wealthy population of 240m – a […]
Read more »Asian Countries See Growth Deteriorating in Q1
February 2nd, 2012
Courtesy of Emerging Market Insights, an updated look at economic forecasts for Asia: Countries across Asia are beginning to see their growth deteriorate as ongoing problems in the eurozone, persistent malaise in the US, and a government-engineered slowdown in China undermine the region’s prospects. Several ASEAN countries have already begun cutting interest rates to spur […]
Read more »Emerging Markets All (A)Twitter…
February 2nd, 2012
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at emerging markets’ uptake of Twitter: “…With Facebook’s impending IPO promising to inflate the wealth of 10 of its shareholders by more than $1bn, investors in Twitter will be excited by new research that shows Brazil, the world’s fifth most populated country, has become the microblogging site’s second biggest user. […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.