Brazil
Brazil Economic History: Why it was the country of the future that always would be
Brazil has been described as a slumbering economic giant waiting to awake. It is the fifth largest and most populous country in the world, the ninth largest economy (in terms of purchasing power), and the largest market in South America, accounting for up to 60% of South America’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the [...]
Ultra Rice technology in India, Brazil and Colombia
A simple bowl of white rice sits on a conference table inside the Seattle headquarters of global-health nonprofit PATH. What looks and tastes like ordinary rice is actually the product of two decades of research and development. For every 100 grains of rice, the bowl contains one grain of Ultra Rice. It’s actually not rice [...]
Bigger role seen for financial centres like Mumbai in India and Sao Paulo in Brazil
Reuters With developed economies struggling and emerging markets thriving, more and more financial deals are being cut well away from the traditional centres. Rising trade between emerging economies, cross-border mergers, acquisitions by Indian and Chinese companies and moves by developing world businesses to raise capital in each other’s markets will spur growth of financial centres [...]
Agriculture is one of the great places to be – Jim Rogers on Bloomberg UTV in India
Jim speaking at an event – “Investment strategies in an emerging financial lanscape”. Funny to see the Indian interviewer’s (probably an MBA!) WTF reaction to Jim’s comments on agriculture. In trying to sell the attractiveness of the farming business in South America to potential investors, I’ve found the going rough in India. People cannot imagine [...]
IBSA: Challenges of social progress for Brazil, India, South Africa
IBSA – “A people’s project”The Japan Times Online Governments from the South are assuming leading roles in decisions on global issues such as climate change, health governance, trade regimes, and water and food security. Complementing the new economic and geopolitical importance of the developing world is the rapid pace of South-South investment, cooperation and trade. [...]
Buy Farmland and Soft Commodities like sugar, cotton:How to Invest Like Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers again talking about how depressed agriculture commodities are relatively to others which have boomed recently and that is where investors should look. (Sugar is still off 70% of its all-time high reached in 1974, Wheat – he doesn’t mention it, is at 200 yr lows, in inflation-adjusted terms.) TheStreet.com Jim Rogers, legendary contrarian investor, [...]
Developing economies should invest in each other
Successful LatAm companies and wealthy LatAm individuals would be reluctant to invest in Asia, given they are coming from a culltural framework of high uncertainty avoidance. Investing and doing business in tried and tested regions like the U.S. and Europe is preferred over the new.Times LIVE A preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the Southern Africa [...]
India’s Interest in Latin America/South America must go beyond World Cup: Not just football superpowers, agriculture superpowers as well
Note: an abbreviated version of this article titled “India’s Interest in Latin America must go beyond World Cup” was syndicated by Indo-Asian News Wire Service. A few portals that ran the article include: SIFY, TradeIndia, IndiaNewsPost, ThaIndian, SouthAsiaMail, ProKerala, Gulf Times, Qatar and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Over the next few weeks, millions [...]
Agribusiness Opportunities in South America
Image via Wikipedia In the just released, OECD agro outlook report, thru 2019, Latin America is projected to be the fastest growing agro production region. I spoke about the opportunities for investing in various aspects of agribusiness value chain- encompassing contract farming, logistics, food processing in South America – specifically the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, [...]
Brazil’s growing international presence
The BBC recently had an optimistic profile of Brazil’s position on the world stage. The article argues that Brazil has been largely successful at putting its own house in order, and is increasingly seen as a strong force in the international arena as well. Democracy and democratic institutions have been strengthened. At the same time, [...]
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