Mexico: A False Dawn?
January 20th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, a report on Mexico’s economic rise: Mexico begins the new year with unusual optimism. People here have new hope that the worst of the drug war has passed, and the economy has returned to growth after a brutal recession. But in Mexico, things often aren’t what they seem: Is this country really […]
Read more »Kenyan Oil: Hot And Getting Hotter?
January 15th, 2013
Via OilPrice.com, a look at why Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April and if the country will be able to quickly – and economically – develop those discoveries into production: Oilprice.com: There were some major discoveries in […]
Read more »China’s “String Of Pearls” Strategy: Secure The Ports Of South Asia
January 15th, 2013
Via WorldCrunch, a look on China’s “String of Pearls” strategy to secure the ports of south Asia: In the port of Chittagong, containers pile up like colorful cubes of sugar. Dozens of ships scurry down the estuary of the Karnaphuli, the river that winds around the economic capital of Bangladeshto finally stream down into the […]
Read more »Bypassing Pakistan’s Woes, Karachi’s Bourse Booms
January 11th, 2013
Via Emerging Frontiers blog, a look at Pakistan: When Pakistan receives international media coverage, it is usually not pretty. The world’s sixth most populous country has remained in the headlines due to its shaky security situation, including bomb attacks and an ongoing Taliban insurgency near the border with Afghanistan. This year’s upcoming elections will cast […]
Read more »China: Soon To Control Over 40% Of Kazakhstan’s Oil
January 9th, 2013
Via The TengriNews, an interesting article on China’s investment in Kazakhstan’s oil sector: The share of Chinese companies in the Kazakhstan’s Oil and Gas industry will exceed 40% in 2013, KazTag reports, citing an unidentified source. “According to some estimates, Chinese companies will have gained control of over 40% of Kazakhstan’s oil by the fall […]
Read more »A Middle Class Emerges From Peru Growth
January 9th, 2013
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on the emergence of a middle class in Peru: As Chinese-made motorcycle-taxis try to avoid minivans on the chaotic and dusty outskirts of Peru’s capital, Lima, a glossy and incongruent structure rises amid the street stalls and shanties: a new shopping mall. “Soon, everything will be possible […]
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