Emerging Markets

Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic...

But sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet - new report 9 October 2017, Rome -...
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Indian Summer On The Horizon

Investors had been keeping their distance from India this last 12 months as New Delhi's business hubs looked like being on the brink of...
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Balance Between the Need For Palm Oil and Environmental Concerns is...

South east Asia’s palm oil industry is facing tough criticism as many producers refuse to comply with sustainability targets, but are the farmers getting...
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Brazil: Eternal Country of the Future

Can the South American giant emerge stronger from its latest crisis? By Jason Agnew “Brazil é o pais do futuro e sempre será.” It was a...
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Economic Growth in Thailand Gains Momentum, Forecast Rise to 3.5% for...

Digital economy has great potential to create new opportunities BANGKOK, August 24, 2017 – Economic growth in Thailand is gaining momentum, with global growth and a...

New World Bank Project to Give Impetus to India’s Skill’s Agenda...

The World Bank will support the Government of India’s efforts to better equip its young workforce with employable skills so that youth who enter...
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The Big Fail: South Sudan

Where did it all go wrong? Designed as place where new business could survive and prosper, South Sudan’s devastating collapse into corruption has driven away...