Emerging & Frontier Markets
South Africa: Tripping On Success
South Africa's growth is impeded by long-term constraints; still, the government deserves credit for tackling reforms.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
The Bahamas: Tiny Islands Of Opportunity
The Bahamas offers investors stability, a sophisticated finance sector, educated workers and a climate that tempts tourists.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Uncertain Taxes Hobble African Growth
Collection troubles and resource dependency hamper African governmentalefforts to raise revenue.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Uzbekistan: New Iron Man Takes The Helm
<strong>Shavkat Mirziyoyev, new ruler of Uzbekistan, looks likely tobe just as much ahard-line autocratas hispredecessorwas.</strong>
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Central/Eastern Europe: A New Golden Age?
<strong>Regional Report: Central & Eastern Europe</strong><br />
Despite a host of challenges, Europe’s formerly communist countries are poised for strong, steady growth.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cuba Says Welcome, But Bring Your Own Financing
<strong>Frontier Markets Report: Cuba</strong><br />
Obstacles and contradictions mar Cuba’s environment for foreign direct investment, but its market offers a wealth of opportunity.
Country Report
Egypt Gets With The Program
<strong>Egypt </strong>| Its IMF loan could ease investor concerns and end its foreign exchange shortage.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
India: Landmark Reform To Unify Taxes
<strong>India</strong> | The Indian parliament’s adoption of a constitutional amendment bill has paved the way for the biggest tax reform in the $2 trillion economy’s history, as Narendra Modi’s government prepares to usher in a dramatic change in the tax regime: a single goods and services tax (GST) that subsumes all central, state and local levies.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Masala Bonds Go Greener
<strong>INDIA</strong> | Introduced just a year ago, “green” masala bonds—offshore rupee-denominated bonds to fund private-sector investment addressing climate change—are hot.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Once Bitten, Twice Finance Minister
<strong>Indonesia |</strong>Can themuch-admired former Finance Minister of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati,bring back the magic in her second tour in the post?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Technology As Pixie Dust
<strong>Cross-Border Payments</strong> | Magic is only for fairy tales, but new technologies promise a magical transformation in cross-border payments.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Turkey: Wary After Coup Trauma
<strong>Turkey</strong> | It’s way too early to determine the long-term cost to Turkish democracy and society of July’s failed coup, and it is equally tricky to assess its immediate impact on Turkish investment and business.