Wil Laos’ Economic Zones Boost Growth?
October 10th, 2023
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a look at Laos’ border economic zones: Lae joked with her 12-year-old daughter, feeding her sticky rice with chili paste aboard a high-speed train barreling through northern Laos’ rugged landscape on its way to the Chinese border. The cheery conversation took a darker turn when they’re asked about their destination – Boten. […]
Read more »US Raises Concern With Peru Over Chinese Control of Infrastructure
October 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on U.S. concern with Chinese control over Peruvian infrastructure such as the power supply to Lima and a megaport serving Pacific Cosco at Chancay, 70km north of Lima, that will be capable of berthing some of the world’s largest cargo ships: The US has expressed concern to Peru […]
Read more »Mauritius’s Economic Planners Target Africa
October 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Mauritius’ efforts to enable greater integration with Africa: Mauritius is trying to position itself for greater integration with Africa, says Economic Planning Board CEO Ken Poonoosamy. Once considered one of the most impoverished countries in Africa upon gaining independence in 1968, the island, with a population of […]
Read more »Iraq Signs Preliminary Gas Deal With Turkmenistan
October 9th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report that Iraq has signed a ‘preliminary’ gas deal with Turkmenistan Iraq on Friday signed an initial agreement with Turkmenistan to import much-needed gas for the country’s insufficient and dilapidated electricity grid, officials said.They added that talks are still needed to arrange transport through Iran. Iraq, ravaged by decades of conflict […]
Read more »Sudan’s Economic War Intensifies As Sanctions Widen
October 9th, 2023
Via Middle East Eye, an article on Sudan’s economic war: The war in Sudan has been raging for close to six months, with the Sudanese army and its partner turned enemy, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary, fighting in arenas far beyond the battlefield. The conflict extends to supply lines, media confrontations, international relations, the cultural sphere and, most […]
Read more »Clean Energy Projects Are Booming Everywhere. Except in Poor Nations.
October 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on clean energy projects in developing countries like Congo where a big obstacle is the lack of loans, a subject of intense disagreement between richer and poorer countries. But in Congo, a hard-fought solar investment shows a possible path forward. The world is racing ahead with enormous […]
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.