China’s Expensive Bet On Africa Has Failed
May 10th, 2020
Via the Nikkei Asian Review, commentary on how the coronavirus driven crash in commodity prices has wasted $200 billion in Chinese investment and loans to African nations: China’s commercial [...]
Ethiopia, Once One Of World’s Fastest Growing Economies, Facing Challenges
May 9th, 2020 Via Quartz, an updated look at Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s once promising economy has run into a wall as the global economic crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic devastates the nation of more than [...]
May 9th, 2020 Via Quartz, an updated look at Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s once promising economy has run into a wall as the global economic crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic devastates the nation of more than [...]
The Trade and Transit Woes of Landlocked Afghanistan
May 8th, 2020 Via The Diplomat, an article on how Pakistan plays a big role in dictating the fortunes of the Afghan economy: Being landlocked remains one of the most disadvantageous positions for a state, [...]
May 8th, 2020 Via The Diplomat, an article on how Pakistan plays a big role in dictating the fortunes of the Afghan economy: Being landlocked remains one of the most disadvantageous positions for a state, [...]
Mexico’s Pemex: From Cash Cow To Resource Drain
May 5th, 2020 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Pemex: At the end of 2016, Pemex came up with a new strategy: it would focus exclusively on profitable activities. The plan, a no-brainer for most [...]
May 5th, 2020 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Pemex: At the end of 2016, Pemex came up with a new strategy: it would focus exclusively on profitable activities. The plan, a no-brainer for most [...]
The End of Emerging Markets?
May 4th, 2020 Via Foreign Policy, sober commentary on how economies such as Brazil, Indonesia, India, Russia, and Turkey face a daunting new reality. The story of the coronavirus has so far been told mostly from [...]
May 4th, 2020 Via Foreign Policy, sober commentary on how economies such as Brazil, Indonesia, India, Russia, and Turkey face a daunting new reality. The story of the coronavirus has so far been told mostly from [...]
Venezuela’s New Oil Minister
May 4th, 2020 Via Ozy, commentary on Venezuela’s new Oil Minister: By selecting Tareck El-Aissami as his new oil minister, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has given the enormous task of fixing the [...]
May 4th, 2020 Via Ozy, commentary on Venezuela’s new Oil Minister: By selecting Tareck El-Aissami as his new oil minister, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has given the enormous task of fixing the [...]