Mongolia: From Bust To Boom
Via Bloomberg, a report on Mongolia: A year after receiving a package of financial aid led by the International Monetary Fund, Mongolia’s mineral-rich economy is making a comeback. But for a [...]
Kazakhstan Accounts For Over 70% Of All Investments In Central Asia
Via The Times of Central Asia, an article on Kazakhstan: To achieve the goal of becoming one of the world’s 30 most developed countries, favorable conditions for attracting investments have [...]
The Challenge for Ethiopia: Unleash the Economy
Via Bloomberg, a report on Ethiopia’s economic challenge: Ethiopia’s new leader faces a critical decision on whether to open up parts of the Horn of Africa nation’s booming economy after [...]
TAPI’ng Out: Iran Ready To Swap Turkmenistan Gas For Delivery To Pakistan
Via The Times of Central Asia, a report on Iran’s skepticism about TAPI: Iran’s deputy petroleum minister expressed doubts about the probability of completion of [...]
Uzbekistan Agrees to ‘Take Part’ in TAPI
Via The Diplomat, a report that Uzbekistan is Uzbekistan has reportedly agreed to participate in the massive Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. The news comes as Turkmen [...]
Bangladesh: Poised To Graduate From “Least Developed Country” to “Developing Country”
Via The Diplomat, a look at Bangladesh’s economic growth: The United Nations Committee for Development Policy announced in March that Bangladesh had successfully met the criteria to graduate [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.