Indonesia: The Most Amazing Development Story On Earth?
Via Noah Pinion, an article on Indonesia: I’ve been writing a series of posts about economic development. The last 20 years have seen a marked acceleration in the rate at which poorer countries — [...]
Protests Place Ecuador’s Oil Production in Peril
Via STRATFOR, a report on Ecuador’s oil production: In Ecuador, nationwide protests risk disrupting oil production, potentially impeding the country’s economic growth and ability to mitigate [...]
After The War Ends, Can Ethiopia’s Economic ‘Miracle’ Get Back On Track?
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Ethiopia’s economy: Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed said this month that his government would negotiate with fighters in the northern [...]
The Marshall Plan and the Belt and Road Initiative: More Differences Than Similarities
Via The Atlantic Council, a comparative analysis of the Marshall Plan and China’s BRI: China’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is often directly compared to the United States’ [...]
How China’s Belt and Road Diplomacy Could End The Ukraine Conflict For Good
Via South China Morning Post, commentary on how Ukraine’s integration into the ambitious rail network linking China with Europe, by providing alternative routes bypassing Russia, would be [...]
North Korea’s Capitalist Pigs
Via NK News, a look at how the private market brought pork to the table in North Korea: North Korean founding leader Kim Il Sung once famously promised that every citizen would soon be able to eat [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.