Honduras Approves Private Cities Project
September 10th, 2012
Via Honduras News, a report on a new private city initiative approved in Honduras: Honduras signed a deal for an initial investment of 15 million dollars to create the first “Private City” in the country. (Also referred to as “Free Cities”, “Charter Cities”, “Model Cities”, or in Spanish, “RED – Regiones Especiales de Desarollo”, and […]
Read more »North Korea: Becoming A Passageway Between China And South Korea; Not A Buffer
September 9th, 2012
Via CNN, an interesting commentary on North Korea by Parag Khanna and its potential as an economic corridor between South Korea and China: There’s never been a better time to visit North Korea. The specter of U.S.-South Korean military exercises, a potential nuclear test, assassinations of defectors in South Korea, and general saber-rattling haven’t prevented […]
Read more »Myanmar: FDI Law Passed with $5m Restriction Dropped
September 9th, 2012
Via Irrawady.org, a report on the Myanmar’s new foreign direct investment law: Burma is open for business. Burma’s Union Parliament passed the controversial Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) law on Friday but dropped the clause which required minimum investments of US $5 million. Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Friday, Lower House MP Win Oo, a member […]
Read more »Afghans Wary As Efforts Accelerate To Tap Mineral Riches
September 9th, 2012
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how the potential of a mining boom is splitting various factions in Afghanistan: If there is a road to a happy ending in Afghanistan, much of the path may run underground: in the trillion-dollar reservoir of natural resources — oil, gold, iron ore, copper, lithium and […]
Read more »“Resource Nationalism” Clouds Indonesia’s Economic Prospects
September 8th, 2012
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on Indonesia and the potential impact resource nationalism may have upon its continued fast growth: In Indonesia, considered by many to be one of the most promising economies alongside China in Asia, there has been an increase in regulatory changes in a variety of sectors ranging from mining to […]
Read more »Frontier Markets: Out Of The Shadows
September 8th, 2012
Via FundWeb, a report on frontier markets: While compelling growth stories abound in the world’s frontier investment markets, uncertainty around rapidly evolving political situations as well as ongoing corporate governance and liquidity problem seem to be keeping some investors on the sidelines. Often characterised by having some form of political or macroeconomic risk or under-developed […]
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.