The threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), largely considered a distant and abstract risk, has recently come to the attention of policymakers and the business community alike. As outlined below, if we continue to ignore the threat of AMR, this will entail serious human and economic costs, which will particularly be felt in emerging economies. Moreover,…
Emerging markets are a hotbed for e-commerce, with unique opportunities and challenges across regions. E-Commerce is has been growing exponentially in emerging markets, at a rate that may soon surpass developed countries in 2018. According to a report by Credit Suisse, “total annual sales across… Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa…
The art markets of emerging economies have undergone a rapid expansion in the past three decades, bringing some of them into the same league as the more established art markets of the West. Nevertheless, there is still considerable variation between the art markets of emerging and high-income countries, as well as between the art markets…
The origins of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, or Belt and Road, can be found in China’s imperial history when China first established the Silk Road – a trade route that linked China and the West, named after one of China’s most important export. For centuries, the Silk Road was key in shaping…
When one learns about monetary policy, the hyperinflation of Germany in the 1920s is always used as a standard case study for all students to understand the importance of controlling money growth, and what happens when inflation is let loose in an economy. Due to caution events, such as this, policymakers are taught, especially in…
Indonesia has had a great 2017 with a well-performing economy. Inflation, albeit under the target of six percent, is stable at just over five. Standard&Poor has upgraded Indonesia’s government bonds to investment grade in May, the last major rating agencies to do so. Indonesia’s major commodities, crude oil, coal, and gas has increased by 44,…
Private equity (PE) activity in India has reached a record high in 2017, with US$24.7 billion being deployed across 639 deals. An improving macroeconomic environment, coupled with greater regulatory certainty, has led to PE funds becoming more aggressive in their investments. The average deal size surged to US$42.8 billion, representing a 50 percent year-on-year increase.…
In recent years, the notion that emerging markets should seek to emulate the practices of high-income countries has been slowly discredited and nowhere does this ring truer than when it comes to the developed world’s approach to mental health. While we may concede that there have been a few exceptions (Google’s ‘massage credits’ and Apple’s…