Via Eurasianet, a report on the 400km route which will become the fourth strand of the Chinese-Turkmen pipeline network: Work has resumed in Tajikistan on construction work on a natural gas pipeline running from Turkmenistan to China. Deputy Energy and Water Resources Minister Jamshed Shoimzoda said at a press conference on January 30 that funding […]
Read more »Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at Paraguay: Highlights Paraguay is taking advantage of its low production costs and geographical proximity to Argentina and Brazil to attract struggling low-end manufacturing companies from the regional giants. Brazilian producers of textiles, auto parts and plastic goods will continue to flock to Paraguay to escape Brazil’s […]
Read more »Via GuruFocus, an article on Colombia’s investment potential: I had the chance to travel to Medellin, Colombia, recently. The country is phenomenal and might make a good place to invest a little bit of money. The economy and peso should do well with a rebound in commodities. Commodities represent a large part of exports and […]
Read more »Via the Iran Project, an interesting look at Iran’s digital boom: More than three decades of sanctions have not negatively affected Iran’s attractiveness as an emerging market. The country has long been of geostrategic importance because of its central location in Eurasia and West Asia. Iran is the second-largest economy in the Middle East and […]
Read more »Via The Diplomat, an article on how Afghanistan’s security and prosperity depends on its neighbors, and vice versa: Landlocked countries like Afghanistan are at a great disadvantage over their littoral neighbors with access to sea for regional and global trade. Naturally, the peace, security, and prosperity of landlocked countries depend on those of their surrounding […]
Read more »Via South Asia Investor Review, a look at Pakistan and the world’s fastest growing economies: Pakistan is now the world’s third fastest growing economy among the world’s top 25 economies with PPP GDP of over one trillion US dollars, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF has recently raised the country’s 2018 growth forecast to […]
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