The dawning reality of physical climate risks in emerging economies In August this year complaints were filed with the London based Financial Conduct Authority. The…
The Chinese backed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is gathering steam and the estimates of its total spend spiral into the billions. In comparison China’s…
China faces an unprecedented water crisis; years of overuse, unchecked industrial pollution and urbanisation have pushed its rivers, lakes, wetlands and streams to breaking point,…
The African Development Bank held its annual conference in Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat State India in May this year. The presence of the African…
This sun kissed island just below India is a minnow compared to its giant northern neighbours, but its emergence from civil war and political crisis…
The China Effect: The story of how Chinese demand for natural resources transformed emerging markets
Twenty years ago Zambian copper mines were facing ruin, low prices, failing companies and ancient infrastructure had condemned the industry to a bleak future and…
While much attention has been focussed on the birth of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), another China based institution has also recently opened for…
China’s growth as a trading power has been financially underpinned by the mighty Export Import Bank of China (Exim Bank). Formed in 1994, government owned…
SAFE (the State Administration for Foreign Exchange) is a rather obscure state bureaucracy which lies behind one of the biggest economic stories of our time,…
2015 has been a fantastic year for the site, covering everything from China’s new Silk Road strategy to many different Frontier Markets in Asia and…