Myanmar: Economy Set To Boom
May 22nd, 2012
Via Two Circles, an article on Myanmar’s economic potential: Myanmar’s economy looks set for rapid expansion although concerns over inflation, infrastructure and political stability remain, according to an international report. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a leading resource for economic and business research, has predicted in its latest report on Myanmar this week that the […]
Read more »The Energy Wars Heat Up
May 21st, 2012
Via Tom’s Dispatch, a summary of a new book examining six recent clashes and Conflicts on a planet heading into energy overdrive: Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, […]
Read more »The Global Middle Class Is Bigger Than We Thought
May 21st, 2012
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at the global middle class: The swelling middle class in emerging economies is transforming the economic balance of power across the globe. Measuring it, however, is no easy task. There is no widely accepted definition of what constitutes the middle class, and the most common ways of measuring its […]
Read more »Colombia / US Free Trade Agreement
May 21st, 2012
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the US Free Trade agreement with Colombia: The long-awaited US Free Trade Agreement is no longer over the horizon for Colombia: as of May 15 it became a fact of life and despite all the optimism coming from the authorities it remains a leap in the dark. […]
Read more »Ghana’s Golden Opportunity
May 16th, 2012
Via Mark Mobius’ blog, a look at Ghana: This year could prove an interesting one for Africa’s west coastal country, Ghana. Presidential and parliamentary elections are slated to be held by year-end, the results of which are almost sure to impact the shape of the country’s future. President John Atta Mills has stated in the […]
Read more »Haiti Eyes Potential $20 Billion Gold Bonanza
May 16th, 2012
Courtesy of Emerging Frontiers blog, an article on Haiti Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. And yet, Haiti’s land may hold the key to relieving centuries of poverty, disaster and disease: There is gold hidden in its hills — and silver and copper, too. […]
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.