Emerging Markets

China's President Xi Jinping (R) inspects the honour guard during a working visit to South Africa, in Pretoria (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko).

Blog Post

China’s Increasing Interest in Africa: Benign but Hardly Altruistic

April 5, 2013, Yun Sun

Yun Sun examines the reasons behind China’s interest and investment in Africa, including the incentives for both China and Africa to continue working together.

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In the News

Ultimately, if we are going to have legitimacy of [the IMF and World Bank], if we are going to have future funding, contribution and buy-in by the wealthiest countries, which will continue to be emerging market economies, we need to see this kind of reform [of giving more voting power to emerging nations] take place.
March 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Voice of America
In the News

[There is] a very serious effort to really pull [the BRICS nations] together despite the differences and differing interests. Yes, it will be difficult to put the [new development] bank in place. It will take a lot of time to accumulate the capital.
March 27, 2013, Colin I. Bradford, Bloomberg
Blog Post

BRICS and China’s Aspiration for the New “International Order”

March 25, 2013, Yun Sun | comments
Blog Post

Kenyans Head to the Polls - and a New Displacement Crisis?

February 26, 2013, Megan Bradley | comments
In the News

[Without U.S. approval] the whole effort to make the IMF a more accountable, more legitimate institution worldwide cannot really be fulfilled.
February 15, 2013, Domenico Lombardi, Bloomberg
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT

Energy and Climate: Black to Gold to Green

January 17, 2013, Charles K. Ebinger and Kevin Massy
Book

New Paradigms for Financial Regulation: Emerging Market Perspectives

2012, Masahiro Kawai and Eswar Prasad, eds.
Report

Global MetroMonitor 2012: Slowdown, Recovery, and Interdependence

November 30, 2012, Emilia Istrate and Carey Anne Nadeau
Blog Post | The Avenue, The New Republic

How Global Cities Adapt to Global Change

November 30, 2012, Alan Berube | comments
Blog Post | The Avenue, The New Republic

No Global Safety Net if United States Jumps Off the Fiscal Cliff

November 30, 2012, Emilia Istrate | comments