The Megacity Economy: How Seven Types of Global Cities Stack Up
February 8th, 2017
Via the Visual Capitalist, a very interesting graphic examining the megacity economy: Back in 1950, close to 30% of the global population lived in cities. That since has shifted dramatically. By [...]
Investing In Syria’s Future
February 6th, 2017 Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Syria’s economic future: Forecast The crippled state of Syria’s economy risks weakening the remaining loyalist support for the [...]
February 6th, 2017 Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Syria’s economic future: Forecast The crippled state of Syria’s economy risks weakening the remaining loyalist support for the [...]
Privatization In Iran’s Energy Sector
February 4th, 2017 Courtesy of The Iran Project, a report on the pace of privatization of Iran’s oil and gas industry: The recent news that Austrian oil firm OMV has signed a preliminary agreement with Dana [...]
February 4th, 2017 Courtesy of The Iran Project, a report on the pace of privatization of Iran’s oil and gas industry: The recent news that Austrian oil firm OMV has signed a preliminary agreement with Dana [...]
How Fast Is The North Korean Economy Growing?
February 2nd, 2017 Via the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a look at North Korea’s economic growth: Every so often we get reports that attempt to estimate how fast (or if) the North Korean economy [...]
February 2nd, 2017 Via the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a look at North Korea’s economic growth: Every so often we get reports that attempt to estimate how fast (or if) the North Korean economy [...]
India’s Flawed Opposition to China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
February 1st, 2017 Via India’s Economic & Political Weekly, a look at how geopolitics rather than geoeconomics predominates India’s thinking on possibilities offered by the revival of the old Silk Road by [...]
February 1st, 2017 Via India’s Economic & Political Weekly, a look at how geopolitics rather than geoeconomics predominates India’s thinking on possibilities offered by the revival of the old Silk Road by [...]
Pakistan and China: Don’t Fear Chabahar Port
February 1st, 2017 Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at what Iran’s Chabahar port deal with India and Afghanistan really means for China and Pakistan’s CPEC: Recently, on the sidelines of the sixth Heart of Asia [...]
February 1st, 2017 Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at what Iran’s Chabahar port deal with India and Afghanistan really means for China and Pakistan’s CPEC: Recently, on the sidelines of the sixth Heart of Asia [...]