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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Philippines Chooses Corruption Fighter For President

NEWSMAKERS: PHILIPPINES Philippines Chooses Corruption Fighter For President By Thomas Clouse Aquino: Promises to investigate previous election results Benigno Aquino III will become the next president of the Philippines, after his pledges to fight corruption and reduce ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Private Equity Focuses On Emerging Opportunities

MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS Private Equity Focuses on Emerging Opportunities By Anita Hawser Thunell: Extolling the virtues of emerging markets While developed markets flounder in a post-crisis quagmire of sovereign debt, developing markets are enjoying much better times—and private ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies

NEWSMAKERS: BOLIVIA Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies By Antonio Guerrero Morales: High hopes for Bolivia’s econom y While many international investors have grown to distrust Bolivian president Evo Morales, a socialist who nationalized the hydrocarbons sector and telephone company, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Regional Report: West Africa

REGIONAL REPORT: REGIONAL RESURGENCE A flurry of bond issues illustrates the growing confidence west Africa’s nations have in their economic and political futures. Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire are leading the way. By Nick Kochan The contrasts in ...

News

Responsible Corporations Gain Protection

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES Responsible Corporations Gain Protection By Denise Bedell Safekeeping: New law will protect companies’ ethical goals For companies that aim to always be socially and environmentally minded, achieving growth without giving up that goal can be ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Russia Taps Fixed-Income Market

MILESTONES: RUSSIA Russia Taps Global Markets For First Time in 12 Years By Kim Iskyan Moscow calling: Russia tests investor sentiment Russia tapped global fixed-income markets in late April in a highly anticipated issue divided into a $2 billion ...

Editor's Letter

Sustainable Advantage

It is seven years since we last featured corporate social responsibility as our cover story, and the changes that have taken place in the meantime are simply staggering...

Features

GDP-GNI-Definitions

DEFINITIONS: GDP (gross domestic product) is the sum of the gross value added by all resident producers in the economy...

Features

Gross Domestic Product Purchasing Power Parity (GDP PPP)

A background on Gross Domestic Product Purchasing Power Parity (GDP PPP) from the World Bank – World Development Indicators: Comparable...

Award Winners

Best Emerging Market Banks 2010

BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2010 In our 17th annual survey of top banking performers in emerging markets, we select winners in 101 countries and five regions. By Gordon Platt Emerging market banks have sailed through the global financial crisis ...

Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter: Risky Business

Corporate finance executives could be forgiven for being somewhat confused at present...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets: Falcom Introduces First Saudi-Listed ETF

Investor: News By Gordon Platt Riyadh-based Falcom Financial Services has introduced the first Saudi Arabian exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be listed on Tadawul, the largest stock exchange in the Arab world. The decision by the Capital Market Authority ...