Emerging Trends
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn the Emerging Trends podcast, we discuss economic trends in emerging countries with interviews of experts, political and business leaders, as well as our own analysts.
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#4 - Kurdish Independence?
October 27, 2017 08:09 - 29 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode of Emerging Trends, we discuss Iraqi Kurdistan's referendum and the possible path to independence. We talk to political risk analyst Farshid Farouk, and the head of the KRG’s Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir. Iraqi Kurdistan Map: http://static.lakana.com/nxsglobal/feedsite/photo/2017/10/17/kirkuk%20map_27854804_ver1.0_640_360.jpg Greater Kurdistan Map: https://decolonialatlas.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/kurdistan-map.png Sykes-Picot Agreem...
#3 - Recovering From Ebola
September 30, 2017 11:30 - 29 minutes - 23.9 MBThis episode of Emerging Trends is about the economic impact and recovery of the West Africa Ebola crisis. In this installment, we talked to economist Mark Ellyne, an African Union doctor named Janet Byaruhanga, and a Sierra Leonean man who became an economic refugee during the outbreak. Cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/united-states-imported-case.html ECOWAS pledges US$ 250,000: http://news.abidjan.net/h/493946.html...
#2.5 - Bonus - Disaster Economics
September 20, 2017 15:35 - 14 minutes - 10 MBFollowing the first two episodes of the Emerging Trends podcast on small island nations, several hurricanes have disrupted the Caribbean causing significant damage. In this podcast we discuss the economic impact of natural disasters in emerging countries. We also follow up on a couple of points from the previous episodes. See the video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9IaD9-85Ds&t=80s Related videos: Satellite Images - Hurricanes Katia, Irma and ...
#2 - Island Development (Part 2)
August 30, 2017 13:18 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBThis Emerging Trends episode is part 2 of 2 about economic development in small island nations. This time we talked about currency and monetary strategies, logistics, natural resources, and sustainability. Karina Johnson-Smith 2016 United Nations Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRxqUo2uHpI Citizenship by Investment Programs Episode: Coming Soon Resources Curse Episode: Coming Soon PetroCaribe and CESI: Coming Soon Africa's Response to Climate Change: Coming Soon For ...
#1 - Island Development (Part 1)
July 11, 2017 13:48 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThis episode of Emerging Trends is part 1 of 2 about economic development in small island nations. In this first installment, we talked about their main challenges, financial strategies, and tourism. For more information about World Investment News, visit http://www.winne.com Find the full interviews for some of the quotes we used here: https://www.youtube.com/user/WINNENews You can also read our Caribbean Reports at http://caribbean.winne.com Finally, for feedback and advertisin...