Mon Aug 9, 2010 16:51 GMT |
Corruption is a major problem for most emerging markets, and in truth, quite a few developed states. Time and time again in BMI’s analysis on emerging markets, my colleagues and I have written on how governments need to crack down on corruption, if they want to attract greater foreign investment and prosper. However, this is… [Read more]
Tags: consequences, Corruption, impact, implications, Institutions, investment, police, trust
Posted in: Africa, Asia, China, Emerging Europe, FDI, General, Latin America, Middle East, Political Risk
Wed May 27, 2009 14:56 GMT |
Moldova is in the midst of yet another political crisis. By this, I actually mean that the country has entered a new phase of a pre-existing crisis – a crisis that yields valuable lessons on the broader significance of political institutions to a country’s risk profile. Fortunately, this new scene in the ongoing drama has… [Read more]
Tags: authoritarianism, Belarus, CEE, Central Asia, Constitution, crisis, Czech Republic, democracy, democratisation, Emerging Europe, Institutions, Legislature, Moldova, policymaking, Political Risk, political stability, political system, post-Soviet, president, Ukraine, USSR
Posted in: Emerging Europe, Geopolitics, Political Risk