The Taliban Stones Commission and the Insurgent Windfall from Illegal Mining
March 12th, 2017
Via the United States Military Academy, a detailed report on the Taliban’s increased footprint in Afghanistan’s mining sector and their efforts to formalize their role in the mining sector by creating the Dabaro Comisyoon, or “Stones Commission”: Afghanistan’s vast mineral deposits, a complex assortment of metals, industrial minerals, mineral fuels, precious and semi-precious gems, and hydrocarbons—including […]
Read more »Papua New Guinea: Not Just Lighting Up China, Japan, and Taiwan Anymore
March 10th, 2017
Via Frontera News, a look at Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea’s mountain ranges and forest-covered hills have attracted the world’s biggest mineral and resource extraction players to tap its landscape. The minerals and energy extraction sector accounts for a good portion of export earnings of the country. 9 years ago, Exxon Mobil (XOM) built a […]
Read more »How Iran Should Translate Its Geopolitical Advantages into Economic Opportunities
March 4th, 2017
Via Iranian Diplomacy, commentary on how Tehran could increase its geopolitical weight by serving as transit route for energy pipelines, and exporting its gas to emerging markets: By serving as transit route for energy pipelines, and exporting its gas to emerging markets, Tehran could increase its geopolitical weight. . Despite an economy revolving around energy, Iran […]
Read more »Cote d’Ivoire: Africa’s Fastest Growing Economy
March 2nd, 2017
Via WorldFolio, a report on Cote d’Ivoire: Almost six years after the end of the Second Ivorian Civil War, Côte d’Ivoire has witnessed a successful and peaceful transition to economic growth, bucking regional trends with 8.5% GDP expansion in 2016 Côte d’Ivoire can comfortably be described as booming. Its near-unstoppable economic growth – 8.5% in […]
Read more »Bangladesh Will Be Amongst Top 3 Fastest Growing Economies Globally Through 2050
February 28th, 2017
Via Frontrera News, a report on Bangladesh’s growing economic presence: Bangladesh (FM) has been seeing its economic prowess grow. Its economic growth stood at 7.11% for fiscal year 2015-16 – higher than the 7.05% projected earlier by the government. This was also the first time its economic growth stood above the 7% mark. In the […]
Read more »Ethiopia To Become The Leading Economy In East Africa
February 28th, 2017
Via Coast Week, a report on Ethiopia’s economic prowess: Kenyan media outlets have it well covered recently that Ethiopia is about to overtake Kenya and become the leading economy in East Africa. Building on decade-long double-digit growth catalyzed by enormous government spending on infrastructure, the size of the Ethiopian economy, in terms of Gross Domestic […]
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.