Keeping Cairo Solvent
April 14th, 2013
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting report on Egypt’s economic woes: Cairo’s growing dependence on financial assistance from neighbors underscores just how desperate Egypt’s economic situation has become. The worry now is that Egypt could collapse politically and economically, and that the ensuing instability could spread westward across the Maghreb and eastward across the Sinai […]
Read more »Mozambique’s Promising Future
April 9th, 2013
Via How We Made It In Africa, a detailed look at Mozambique: After almost two decades of civil war, Mozambique is rapidly emerging as one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Economic growth is expected to average around 8% over the next few years, inflation is slowing from 8% in 2012 to an estimated […]
Read more »Mongolia: Growing Pains?
April 9th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an updated look at Mongolia’s economic performance of late: As I suspect others with a professional interest in Mongolia’s transition to democracy and capitalism have found, the country seems to attract attention in a predictable cycle. On the up side, some peripatetic journalist based in Beijing with time to kill discovers the […]
Read more »Laos High-Speed Rail: China’s Ticket To Ride To Southeast Asia And Beyond
April 9th, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on a high-speed rail project between Laos and China: It looks like Laos, China’s tiny landlocked southern neighbour, is about to find out whether sharing a border with China is a good thing. Laos has two things China needs – natural resources such as potash and hydropower, and […]
Read more »Frontier Entrepreneurship: Doing Business In The Hardest Spots On Earth
April 4th, 2013
Courtesy of Inc., an interesting article (first in a series) on frontier entrepreneurship by Jake Cusack and Matthew Tilleard, a pair of investment advisors who work with growth companies in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Iraq, Haiti, and other countries devastated by war and poverty: You can learn a lot about a country on the way over, […]
Read more »Chinese Media Investment In Africa
April 4th, 2013
Via Balancing Act, an interesting commentary on Chinese investment in African media: Both private and state-owned Chinese companies are investing heavily in Africa. Part of this media push into Africa is about winning new friends and influencing the right people. The other part is straightforwardly looking to create new markets for both its technology and […]
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