The 10 Fastest-Developing Cities on Earth
November 3rd, 2024
Via Statista, a graphical look at the 10 fastest-developing cities on Earth: Out of the world’s top 15 growth hubs, 14 are forecast to be located in Asia, according to the Growth Hub Index 2024 by British real estate service Savills. These cities have been identified as set to develop particularly quickly by 2033, based on indicators […]
Read more »Shortage of Electric Taxi Manufactures Slows India’s EV Revolution
October 22nd, 2024
Via Rest of World, a report on the lack of electric cars for use as taxis in India: BluSmart, India’s biggest fully electric cab company, once aimed to put 100,000 EVs on the road by 2025. As of September 2024, its fleet size is around 8,000. The demand for EV taxis far exceeds supply in […]
Read more »Bhutan Prays It Can Be India’s Hong Kong
October 20th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Bhutan’s vision to reincarnate as a financial center: King Jigme of Bhutan recalls that when he was studying in America, his classmates would scoff in disbelief when he told them there were tigers and elephants in his Himalayan homeland. Like many foreigners, they thought of it as a place […]
Read more »Is There a Future for Central Asia’s Indian Ocean Transport Projects?
October 12th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, commentary on the viability of Central Asian projects aiming to connect the region to the Indian Ocean: Central Asian countries are actively exploring new trade routes that could connect them to the Indian Ocean, focusing on partnerships with Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. These routes offer the potential for expanded economic ties with […]
Read more »India and China Eye Indian Ocean’s ‘Pearl’
October 1st, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on the need for Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will have to strike a deft balance between two regional powers: The “Pearl of the Indian Ocean” – Sri Lanka – may yet become a bone of contention between India and China, following the September 21 presidential election that […]
Read more »Can India Create Its Own ‘Singapore’?
September 26th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a commentary on India Prime Minister Modi’s remarks that India wants to create “several Singapores” of its own: At the beginning of September, during a meeting with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India wanted to create “‘several Singapores” of its own. What did Modi mean by that, and […]
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.