Mozambique: Risk Of The Resource Curse?
February 9th, 2013
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an analysis of the potential impact that moving away from fossil fuels could have upon some of the world’s poorest countries such as Mozambique: For as long as people have talked about moving beyond fossil fuels, another tantalizing prospect has hovered over the horizon: the decline of resource-rich authoritarian countries and […]
Read more »Cambodia
February 9th, 2013
Courtesy of Capitalist Exploits, some interesting comments on Cambodia: “…With a GDP per capita of just US$2,300, Cambodia is a poor country, make no mistake about it. Yet just 10 years ago per capita income was just US$1,000. This means that the Cambodians have enjoyed a 230% increase in income, and thus a vastly improved […]
Read more »The Rise Of African Consumers
February 9th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, an article on how much of Africa’s growth is being fueled not by resources, but rather by a rising consumer market: Africa’s middle class is a key source of private sector growth, but overall spending power remains relatively low. The continent’s consumer-facing industries are expected to grow by […]
Read more »China’s Port in Gwadar—Another Pearl Encircling India?
February 9th, 2013
Via the Council on Foreign Relations, a quick look at China’s potential plans for Gwadar port in Pakistan: A view of Pakistan’s deep-sea port of Gwadar on the Arabian sea in the southwestern province of Baluchistan on February 6, 2007. There is a lot of speculation as to China’s intentions surrounding the acquisition of […]
Read more »Azerbaijan: Not Just Oil
February 9th, 2013
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Azerbaijan’s plans for future development: In March 2010, Ibrahim Ibrahimov was on the three-hour Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Dubai to Baku when he had a vision. “I wanted to build a city, but I didn’t know how,” Ibrahimov recalled. “I closed my eyes, and I began […]
Read more »South Sudan: Lots Of Potential But Oil’s Not Well
February 9th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at South Sudan: The newly independent Republic of South Sudan may top the list of the world’s fastest-growing economies in 2013. The main reason for this is that last year South Sudan experienced one of the most spectacular economic contractions of any state in modern times — a situation […]
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