South Asia’s Bulging Belt Lashes
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China’s multi-trillion dollar hard and soft infrastructure investment Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), officially entering its fifth year, was again ...
Kazakhstan’s Sullied Diplomatic Splash
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Kazakhstan’s MSCI frontier stock component, after a 70% gain, and dollar bond prices at 130 cents both sputtered into 2018 ...
Indonesia’s Flailing Floor Plans
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The Jakarta Stock Exchange’s tragic floor collapse, injuring visiting high school students, prompted management promise of an immediate “audit” into ...
Asia’s Fleeting Triumph Trundle
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Emerging Asia core stock markets outperformed Europe and Latin America ones in 2017 with a 40% gain, above the benchmark ...
Mongolia’s Daring Debt Dash
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Mongolia was lauded for more “durable than anticipated” 3% GDP growth in 2017 in December’s first review of its $400 ...
The Yangon Stock Exchange’s Anniversary Angst
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The Yangon Stock exchange added a fifth telecoms firm listing and launched on-line trading to mark its second year since ...
Nepal’s Framed Frontier Expedition
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After disappearing from early emerging market investor radar screens in the 1990s with a prolonged plunge into civil war and ...
The Asian Development Bank’s Yield Chase Chastening
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The Asian Development Bank’s November local bond monitor covering the third quarter in nine East Asian government and corporate markets ...
The Rohingya Crisis’ Regional Doubt Reverberations
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While President Trump’s maiden Asia voyage focused on the headline themes of bilateral China relations, North Korea standoff, and trade ...
Central Asia’s Prickly Business Reform Prize
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The 15th edition of the World Bank’s Doing Business report, which surveys tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, lawyers and accountants for ...