Vulture Capitalists Become Venture Capitalists Thanks To One Belt One Road And TPP
May 31st, 2017
Via Eurasia Review, an article on the growing opportunity for private equity and venture capital firms to move into financing spaces previously occupied by the US Government: In the first few months of the Trump Administration, the United States pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and unveiled their new ‘skinny’ budget, slashing the […]
Read more »Banglaboom: One of the World’s Best Economic Stories Comes From South Asia, But Not India
May 30th, 2017
Via Quartz, a look at Bangladesh’s positive economic growth: Bangladesh’s population of 160 million is as big as France, Germany, and the Netherlands combined. The country is also easily the poorest of the world’s 10 most populous. Given its size and the depth of its poverty, the country’s recent economic boom must rank as one of the […]
Read more »China Takes A 49% Cut Of Khorgos Gateway, A Major Overland Silk Road Port
May 26th, 2017
Via Forbes, a report on China’s purchase of 29% of the Khorgos Gateway: It’s now official: China’s COSCO Shipping and the Port of Lianyungang have signed on to take a 49% cut of Kazakhstan’s epic Khorgos Gateway dry port. The deal was signed at the Belt and Road summit in Beijing on May 15th for […]
Read more »Pakistan’s View On CPEC ‘Master Plan’
May 22nd, 2017
Via Dawn, a detailed look at Pakistan’s perspective on OBOR: The floodgates are about to open. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Beijing over the weekend to participate in the One Belt, One Road summit, and the top item on his agenda is to finalise the Long Term Plan (LTP) for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. [See next […]
Read more »Iran Swiftly Moving Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy
May 22nd, 2017
Via Techrasa, a preliminary look at Iran’s move towards a knowledge-based economy: A report recently published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) revealed that Iran has made significant progress towards a knowledge-based economy, powered by science and innovation. However, the report indicates that certain measures should be taken to fully harness […]
Read more »Fish-Trading Pioneers of North Korea’s Market Economy
May 21st, 2017
Via NK News (subscription required), an interesting look at how “running traders” during the 1990s laid the groundwork for the DPRK’s fledging private markets: I want to introduce you, readers, to Ms. Pak (not her real name, of course), a North Korean small trader. She left her country about a decade ago, but back in […]
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