Data
Kuwait Takes Action
Striving to shake its oil dependence, Kuwait is opening up to foreign ownership. Will investors bite?
Data
Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.
Click Here
Country Report
Will Law & Justice Crash The Economy?
<strong>POLAND | </strong>New political party’s moves to roll back market initiatives may damage Poland’s relatively strong economy.
Data
Will the dollar peg come unglued?
GCC nations are constantly recalculating the cost/benefit ratio of maintaining the dollar peg. Lately, external pressures give the question new urgency.
Country Report
Balkan Nations Seek Their Moment In The Sun
Casting off a checkered past, the region’s diverse economies are resurgent, with a focus on investment and reforms—and sustaining their crucial small and midsize enterprises.
Country Report
Banking On The Future
During complex times for Turkey, banks, at least, can rest assured that their system is running smoothly, is well capitalized and well regulated.
Country Report
Indonesia Giving Mixed Messages
President Jokowi is a radical departure from Indonesia’s political and military elite, which perhaps explains why he is such a populist leader at home. But foreign investors find him difficult to read.
Country Report
Turkey’s Contradictions
Strong growth and other upbeat data in 2015 bucked the West’s collective vision of a nation in crisis. But without structural reforms, the picture may darken.
Country Report
Turkey’s Key Tourism Business Pinched On All Sides
Few places on Turkey’s coasts have managed development quite as well as the former ancient Greek port city of Halicarnassus, today Bodrum.
Country Report
Angola Has A Fork In The Road
Riding the commodities boom, Angola’s economy seemed invincible against recent global shocks. But the current slump in oil prices is forcing the country to rethink its dependence on oil.
Country Report
Strengthening The Financial System
<strong>Q+A</strong><br />
José Pedro de Morais, governor of Banco Nacional de Angola, spoke with Global Finance about the central bank’s efforts to restore order and build confidence in the country’s financial system.
Country Report
Beijing’s Balancing Act: Growth vs. Reform
The question this year for investors in China is whether the government will continue moving toward a free-market economy—or keep grabbing the wheel.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Commodity Prices Deal Mozambique A Blow
Mining and gas reserves made Mozambique a darling among foreign investors—until last year. Now the government needs to diversify.