Foreign Casinos Have Been a Disaster for Cambodia
July 8th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on the impact that foreign casinos have had upon Cambodia: On June 27, hundreds of Cambodian security personnel violently dispersed a group of striking NagaWorld casino workers, beating the mostly female crowd and leaving 10 people injured. Since December 2021, staff at the casino in Phnom Penh have engaged in organized strikes […]
Read more »Iraq’s Economic Activity Constrained
July 8th, 2022
Via Frontier View, a look at Iraq’s current economic status: Oil production is growing, increasing to 4.58 million barrels per day this month Both businesses and consumers are suffering from higher inflation that is pressuring margins and household income, particularly as transportation and raw material costs spike. Price sensitivity will remain elevated among most consumers, […]
Read more »Taliban Wage War Over Coal in Northern Afghanistan
July 6th, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, an article on how a battle for cash pits the Kabul extremists against Hazara locals: Fighting has been ongoing in the remote Balkhab district of Afghanistan’s northern Sar-e-Pol province over the past several weeks, part of a showdown between a cash-strapped central government run by the Taliban and locals who are trying to […]
Read more »First CPEC Hydropower Project Starts Operations
July 6th, 2022
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, an article on how – on June 29 – the Karot hydropower project (HPP) was put into full commercial operation, a major milestone in the progress of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): While Pakistani authorities expressed jubilation and gratitude to the Chinese government for its cooperation in the completion of the […]
Read more »Second Coming Of The BRICS?
July 4th, 2022
Via East Asia Forum, a look at the BRICs, 13 years after their first meeting in 2009: When the inaugural BRIC summit took place in 2009, it was a moment of relative triumph for its members. While the West dealt with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India […]
Read more »The Era of WhatsApp Banking Is With Us
July 3rd, 2022
Via Quartz Africa, commentary on how banking via WhatsApp is spreading from east Africa to far beyond: How about forgetting all the ATM cards and banking apps you have and instead transacting through WhatsApp? That practice is already making inroads in east Africa, and it could be bigger than you can imagine. This week I […]
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.