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Morning Advantage: The Sky Is Falling, but the Ceiling Is Fine

Harvard Business Review

GDP growth in emerging markets is slowing. Indeed they are at their lowest since March 2011, according to the report. Crucially, consumer spending remains solid — just as it proved resilient in 2011, despite the plunge in sentiment following the 'debt ceiling' fiasco last summer.". "The euro’s future is in limbo.

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Fixing the World's Infrastructure Problems

Harvard Business Review

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. an estimated $100 billion per year.

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China's Smaller Cities Are Home to Growing Middle Class

Harvard Business Review

In his remarks, Chen emphasized that foreign investors should look favorably upon the opportunities in China, notably those connected to China's construction of many new small and medium-sized cities and towns.

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These 6 Sectors of Africa’s Economy Are Poised for Growth

Harvard Business Review

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. Lower resource prices and higher levels of sociopolitical instability have taken their toll: Africa’s real GDP grew at an average of 3.3% a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4%

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Strategies for Succeeding in Today’s Brazil

Harvard Business Review

By 2011, it had become apparent that Brazil’s recent prosperity depended too much on China’s appetite for commodities and on the Brazilian government’s ability to fuel consumer spending through direct transfers and credit expansion. In the case of strategic acquisitions, currency depreciation tells only half of the story.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, it’s GDP per capita of $72,700 marks it out as one of the wealthiest nations on earth. . Indeed, while direct revenue from oil and gas fell to below 50% of GDP in 2017 (from 60.1% in 2011), this hides the fact that much of the other half of the economy is heavily reliant on the oil and gas sector for its revenues.