Turkmenistan’s Gas Industry: Continuing To Thrive Despite Global Energy Insecurity
September 10th, 2015
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting analysis of Turkmenistan’s gas industry: At a time where global energy insecurity is high, an energy rich country such as Turkmenistan would be expected to be in near turmoil. The reality is the opposite for the Central Asian nation, however, as its gas sector continues to be the source of […]
Read more »Coffee: Providing An Economic “Jolt” To South Sudan
September 7th, 2015
Courtesy of the Financial Times, an interesting report on coffee’s importance to South Sudan: Four years after independence there is very little to celebrate in South Sudan. Border and land disputes continue to strain ties, and given other high-visibility emergencies the civil war is not the subject of much attention from international media. However, there […]
Read more »North Korea’s Markets
September 7th, 2015
Via North Korea News, an interesting history of market activity in North Korea: In the last five to seven years, a consensus has emerged among students of North Korea. Pretty much all now agree that since the mid-1990s, North Korea has undergone a dramatic economic and social transformation. The North Korean government remains remarkably reluctant to […]
Read more »Emerging Markets: Still The Future
September 4th, 2015
Via Bloomberg, a look at emerging markets: Remember when emerging economies were supposed to save us all? After the 2008 financial crisis, the traditional engines of global growth—the U.S., Western Europe, and Japan—stumbled into recession. To the rescue came the once-poor developing world. China, India, Brazil, and other up-and-comers powered the global economy through the […]
Read more »Venezuela’s Economic Crisis: By Pictures
August 27th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting imagery analysis of Venezuela’s economic crisis: Satellite images of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela’s main port of entry for imported goods, show just how far the country has fallen into economic disrepair. Reliable economic statistics are difficult to come by, so comparing imagery taken years apart can provide some insight that the […]
Read more »Papua New Guinea’s Ambitious National Telecoms Plan
August 27th, 2015
Via LinkedIn, an interesting look at Papua New Guinea: Although rich in natural resources, Papua New Guinea is one of the world’s less developed countries. From low to high, its GDP per capita ranks 50th out of 188 countries, its fixed-line teledensity ranks 41st out of 210 countries, and its mobile penetration ranks 17th out […]
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.