Chinese Megaprojects Back In Fashion In Central Asia’s Poorest States
June 30th, 2024
Via Radio Free Europe, a look at Chinese mega investments in Central Asia: For most of the last two decades, China has been the most obvious source of foreign direct investment for the countries of [...]
Japan Invests In Cambodia’s Goal of Becoming a Top Cashew Exporter
June 30th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Japanese investment into Cambodia’s cashew industry: A Japanese real estate developer has helped Cambodia take a big step toward becoming the world’s top [...]
June 30th, 2024 Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Japanese investment into Cambodia’s cashew industry: A Japanese real estate developer has helped Cambodia take a big step toward becoming the world’s top [...]
The Philippines Needs Rice, But Young People Don’t Want To Farm It
June 30th, 2024 Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on the Philippines – where 2.4 million Filipinos work as rice farmers. But for young people, a rice farmer’s grueling and often impoverished life [...]
June 30th, 2024 Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on the Philippines – where 2.4 million Filipinos work as rice farmers. But for young people, a rice farmer’s grueling and often impoverished life [...]
Apps Aren’t a Magic Solution to Underdevelopment in Africa
June 30th, 2024 Via Jacobin, commentary on how tech start-up leaders are touting digitalization as the path to prosperity in Africa, but the continent’s economy remains heavily based on exporting its unprocessed [...]
June 30th, 2024 Via Jacobin, commentary on how tech start-up leaders are touting digitalization as the path to prosperity in Africa, but the continent’s economy remains heavily based on exporting its unprocessed [...]
Philippines Courts Investors For ‘China-Free’ Nickel Supply Chain
June 29th, 2024 Via The Financial Times, a report on Manila’s efforts to pitch itself as alternative for western countries seeking to diversify sources of EV battery material: The Philippines is scouting for [...]
June 29th, 2024 Via The Financial Times, a report on Manila’s efforts to pitch itself as alternative for western countries seeking to diversify sources of EV battery material: The Philippines is scouting for [...]
Global Firms Mull Placing Kenya Investments on Hold as Risks Uncertain
June 29th, 2024 Via Kenyan Wall Street, an article on global firms reconsidering Kenyan investments given recent risks: As Kenya reels from protests and uncertainty, even after President Ruto’s announced his [...]
June 29th, 2024 Via Kenyan Wall Street, an article on global firms reconsidering Kenyan investments given recent risks: As Kenya reels from protests and uncertainty, even after President Ruto’s announced his [...]