Today in Business Monitor Online, we cover two noteworthy developments in Asia. China’s real GDP growth came in at 8.1% y-o-y and 7.2% q-o-q on a seasonally-adjusted annualised basis in Q1 2012, according to data released on Friday April 13. This was much weaker than consensus expectations. Unlike the situation facing the economy in Q1… [Read more]
This week will be very important for the future of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea Preparing To Inaugurate Kim Jong Un On Wednesday April 11, North Korea’s ruling Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) is scheduled to hold a rare conference, and on Friday April 13 the country’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA, the ‘rubber stamp’ parliament) will… [Read more]
Myanmar held widely anticipated by-elections on April 1. While the elections will have little effect on the overall composition of the legislature (45 out of 664 seats were up for grabs), the results will have major implications for the country’s future. The opposition National League for Democracy Party (NLD), led by veteran democracy campaigner Aung… [Read more]
Business Monitor International (BMI) has just published its latest quarterly Global Political Outlook, covering the period April 2012 to March 2013. As with every update, we include a comprehensive table of virtually all known forthcoming elections, our expected outcomes of these events, and our short-term political risk ratings for the relevant country. Regarding the world’s… [Read more]
In Business Monitor Online today, we discuss two highly salient developments in emerging markets. After stripping out the seasonal effect of the Chinese New Year, the Asia-Pacific region’s major exporters continue to see a slowdown in export growth. However, we have started to see tentative signs of stability – improvements in new exports orders in… [Read more]
BMI believes that drugmakers will increasingly need to consider new strategies for pharmaceutical packaging and marketing to capitalise on growth in the emerging markets, especially given that more drugs are bought over-the-counter (OTC) than in traditional markets. Pictorial Packaging According to Houts et al (2006),using images to convey healthcare information improves attention, comprehension, recall and… [Read more]
Myanmar’s continuing reform drive has attracted the interest of investors around the world, but the question remains whether or not we are witnessing a true opening up of one of the world’s most secluded states. Rahul Ghosh, Head of Asia Research, discusses with Andrew Wood, Asia Country Risk Analyst, and Daniel Gan, Infrastructure analyst, the… [Read more]
