Venezuela: Striking It Poor
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a sobering look at the tragic — and totally avoidable — self-destruction of one of the world’s richest oil economies: In the spring of 1959, at a secretive meeting [...]
Infrastructure Boom in Bangladesh Could Herald a New Era for Development
Via Future Directions International, a report on Bangladesh: The development of a number of infrastructure projects in Bangladesh represents a positive shift in the country’s future progress. [...]
Guayana’s $20 Billion Question
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Guyana, a largely underdeveloped country on South America’s northern Atlantic coast that is the unlikely setting for the world’s next big oil boom: [...]
North Korea: A Kimdom Awaits For Investors
Via the Asia Times, a look at how, while many investors are salivating at the prospects in North Korea, a handful of players are already seeing profits: In offices overlooking the Yalu River in [...]
Turkmenistan’s Economy – Half Empty or Half Full?
Via The Times of Central Asia, a report on Turkmenistan: Although official statistics reports economic growth, the economy of Turkmenistan is experiencing a severe crisis, with the population [...]
Settling Caspian Issues and Realizing the Trans-Caspian Energy Corridor
Via The Diplomat, an article on Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan’s aims to diversify their energy export markets: The recent announcement that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on [...]

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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.