Index

Abu Dhabi

Accounting firms, moral hazard of country classification and

Accounting standards, in Southeast Asia

Advertising. See Marketing, in emerging markets

Agriculture:

in Colombia
in Haiti
in Laos
in Myanmar

Agtmael, Antoine van

Aibel Group Ltd

Akamatsu, Kaname

Algeria

Allen, Paul

Altman, E. I.

American Free Trade Association (AFTA)

Analects (Confucius)

Analytical software

Angola

Arab Spring

Argentina:

economic growth
essential economic freedoms
investing issues
private equity flows

ASEAN:

Laos and
nations compared

Asian Development Bank

Asian investors, perspective on indexing and passive investment

“Asian Miracle, The” report (World Bank)

Atos Euronext trading system, in Oman

Australia:

China’s military and
economic growth
EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and

Austria

Bahrain

BanColombia (CIB)

Bandit economies

Bangladesh:

economic growth
investing issues
private equity flows

Banking systems. See also Central banks

credit markets in Central and Eastern Europe and
in Haiti

Bank of New York Mellon

Banque Pour Le Commerce Extérieur Lao Public (BCEL)

Barbados

Barclays Bank PLC, recapitalization of

Barrow, R.

Beijing Genomics Institute

Belgium

BEM (big emerging markets) designation

Bhutan:

classification issues
hydropower development
investing issues

bin Said Al Said, Qaboos

Birth rates. See Demographics

BlackRock

Bloomberg Emerging Market Ranking

Bond indexes, EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and

Bosnia-Herzgovina

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Botswana

BRAC-EPL Securities

Brazil:

economic growth
global competitiveness and
governance indicators
investing issues
private equity flows
productivity factors
ratings upgrade

Breakout Nations (Sharma)

Bribery. See United Kingdom Bribery Act; U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

BRICK nations

BRICM nations

BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). See also specific countries

acronym creation
classification issues
economic growth projections
essential economic freedoms and
media and
Southeast Asia compared
stock markets in
trade with developed markets

BRICS nations

BRIIC nations:

doing business criteria
essential economic freedoms and
global competitiveness and
investment decisions and
stock market aspects

Brown, Gordon

Bulgaria:

credit markets and
essential economic freedoms and
governance indicators
private equity flows

Bums Problem

Burma. See Myanmar

Business conditions:

cultural aspects
private equity flows and

Cambodia

classification issues
economic trends
government
investing issues
IPOs and
Korean stock market and
legal system
marketing in
noncorrelation with developed markets
private equity flows
real estate market

Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX)

Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX)

Canada:

economic growth
Haiti and
Inclusive Wealth Report and
private debt in

Capitalization-weighted indexes, EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and

Caribbean, private equity flows and

Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)

Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)

Carlsberg

Carlyle Group

Cash management holdings, time frame of

Cathy Industrial Biotech

Cell phones. See Mobile phones

Celtel

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). See also specific countries

credit markets and
private equity flows

Central bank(s):

in Colombia
in Mongolia
in Oman
in Southeast Asia
in sub-Saharan Africa
Vienna Initiative and

“Century of Humiliation,” in China

Chen Deming

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. See Dow Jones

Chile:

Colombia and
economic growth
governance indicators
sovereign ratings and

China

“China Elephant” parable and
cultural issues
economic growth
economics, finance, and business in
global competitiveness and
global redistribution of trade and
governance indicators
government
history and
Inclusive Wealth Report and
investing issues
Laos and
manufacturing competitiveness
marketing in
military in
Myanmar and
opportunities in
private equity flows
production factors
production in emerging markets and

Chinese Communist Party, politics and power of

Chodan, Wojciech

CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa)

Classifications, of developing markets

Asian investor perspective on indexing and passive investment
consequences of
country or industry dominance issues
frontier market providers
Inclusive Wealth Report and
investable emerging markets providers
issue of bias toward large and accepted stock markets
issue of lack of differentiation between investable economies and investable securities
issue of moral hazard
issues, generally
separate assessments of countries and stock markets proposed

Coal:

in Colombia
in Mongolia

Colombia

central bank
economic fundamentals
economic growth
foreign direct investment in
government
governance indicators
investing issues
natural resources
outlook and cautions
stock market
strategic location
taxation

Colombia Stock Exchange (BVC)

Commissions, private equity flows and

Commonwealth of Independent states (CIS), private equity flows. See also specific countries

Congo

Consumers:

marketing to, in developing markets
private debt and
role in recovery of developed markets

Corruption, in emerging and frontier markets. See also United Kingdom Bribery Act; U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Costa Rica

Country risk, UK Bribery Act and

Craft, Nicolas

Credit markets, in Central and Eastern Europe

background and current situation
banking systems and
individuals countries and
obstacles to problem resolution
Vienna Initiative and

Croatia:

credit markets and
essential economic freedoms and
global competitiveness and
private equity flows

Cultural issues

Currency issues:

in developed markets
in Mongolia
in Southeast Asia

Current account deficits, in frontier markets

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Data mining

Davivienda

Debt. See Private debt; Public debt

Debt weighted indexes, EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and

Deloitte. See “Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index”

Democratic Republic of Congo

Demographics:

in developed markets
in emerging markets
in frontier markets
in Laos
in MENA
in Southeast Asia
in sub-Saharan Africa

Deng Xiaoping

Denmark

Developed markets, current status of

economic growth requirements
financial crisis and
production factors and
regional decoupling of trade

Developing markets. See also Emerging markets entries; Frontier markets entries; specific regions

development status and growth potential groupings
factors in sustained
future of
rise of
terminology changes

Dhaka Stock Exchange Index

“Doing Business” Index, of World Bank

Dow Jones, investable emerging markets classification of

Dubai

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

Economic framework conditions

doing business
essential economic freedoms
financial center rankings
global competitiveness
global manufacturing competitiveness
governance indicators
investor factors of importance
stock market aspects

Economic freedoms:

applied to investing
critical factors

Economic power balance, global shift in

rise and fall of superpowers

Economic sustainability

Economist

Ecopetrol (EC)

EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and

asset class perceptions
defining investment universe

Education:

in China
frontier markets and
in sub-Saharan Africa

EEB Colombia

Egypt

Eléctricité du Laos Generating Co. (EDL)

Emeralds, in Colombia

Emerging markets:

classification issues
conclusions about stability and direction of
corruption and
cross-cultural behavior issues
liquidity and
marketing in
nature and structure of

Emerging markets, growth path of

demographics and
financial crisis and public debt
political framework for
productivity factors

Emerging Markets Database, of IFC

Energy. See Power generation

Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao

Entrepreneurship, in MENA countries

Environmental analytical data factors

Environmental Performance Index, of Yale University

Environmental sustainability, Inclusive Wealth Report and

Equity indexes, EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and

Essential economic freedoms. See Economic freedoms

Estonia

Etiquette, cross-cultural issues of

European Banking Co-ordination Initiative/EBCI. See Vienna Initiative

European Union:

economic growth
financial crisis and public debt

Everest Capital

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

Exogenous shocks, frontier markets and

Facilitation payments. See United Kingdom Bribery Act; U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Failed markets

Failing states

FARC

FIBV (Fédération Internationale des Bourses Valeurs/International Federation of Stock Exchanges)

Financial center rankings, investment decisions and

Financial crisis of 2007–2008:

developed markets and
emerging markets and
emerging markets support of developed markets and

Finland

Fitch’s ratings

Flying geese pattern

Focus Media China

Foreign direct investment (FDI):

in Central and Eastern Europe
in Colombia
in frontier markets
in Haiti
in Laos
in Myanmar
in sub-Saharan Africa

Forest Products JV Corp.

France:

corporate debt
economic growth
financial crisis and public debt
Inclusive Wealth Report and
private debt in
rise and fall, as economic power
sovereign ratings and

Frontier economies, practical perspective on

investment considerations
liquidity and front-running liquidity
noncorrelation with developed markets
price discovery
specific research suggestions

Frontier markets

advantages of investing in
corruption in
demographics in
drivers of opportunity in
economic growth
education and
evolution of
foreign direct investment in
foreign investors’ difficulties in
integration with global economy
legal system and
market valuations and
private equity flows
public debt and
risks to investing in
shrinking current account deficits
technology and
term coined

Frontier markets, classification issues

Frontier markets, classification providers

Bank of New York Mellon
Bloomberg Emerging Market Ranking
FTSE Frontier 50 Index
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Frontier Markets Index
Morgan Stanley—Frontier Market Universe
NASDAQ OMX Middle East North Africa Market Index
S&P/IFCG Extended Frontier 150 Index
S&P Select Frontier Index

FTSE Frontier 50 Index

FTSE Global Equity Index Series

FTSE International Ltd.

Futures exchanges, lacking in Southeast Asia

Galinsky, Adam

GCC (Gulf Cooperative Council). See also Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Georgia

Germany:

consumers and
demographics in
economic growth
financial crisis and public debt
Inclusive Wealth Report and
manufacturing competitiveness and
patent registration in
private debt in
rise and fall, as economic power

Ghana:

global competitiveness and
governance indicators
investing issues
private equity flows

Global Competition Index, of World Economic Forum

Global competitiveness, investments decisions and

applying
pillars of

Global Financial Centers Index

“Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index” (Deloitte and U.S. Council on Competitiveness)

Global redistribution

frontier markets and

Global Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index

Goldman Sachs

Golomt Bank

Governance (formal economy). See also specific countries

avoidance of corruption and
stock market aspects and selection criteria

Government structure:

Cambodia
China
Colombia
Haiti
Laos
Mongolia
Sub-Saharan Africa

Greece

Haiti

earthquake and economic recovery efforts
economic outlook
government
investing issues
trade

Hedging, lacking in Southeast Asia

Heineken

Herding effect, moral hazard and

Heritage Foundation “Index of Economic Freedom”

Hilead

Ho Chi Minh Stock Index

Hong Kong:

economic growth
EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and
governance indicators
Myanmar and

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HSBC Emerging Markets Index (HSBC EMI)

Hu Jintao

Human development Index (HDI), of United Nations

Hungary

Ibrahim, Mo

IFC. See International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Impossibility Theorem, of Rodrik

Inclusive wealth

Inclusive Wealth Report (United Nations)

Indexing, Asian investors perspective on passive investment and

“Index of Economic Freedom,” of Heritage Foundation

India:

cross-cultural behavior issues
economic growth
global competitiveness and
governance indicators
Inclusive Wealth Report and
investing issues
manufacturing competitiveness and
private equity flows
productivity factors

Individual wealth, shift away from developed nations

Indonesia:

economic growth
global competitiveness and
governance indicators
Inclusive Wealth Report and
investing issues

Inflation:

in Colombia
frontier markets and
in Haiti
in Mongolia

Informal economies:

frontier markets and
private equity flows and

Information aggregation

Information technology

analysis tools
analytical data characteristics
developed versus developing market issues

Infrastructure:

liquidity and
in Mongolia
in sub-Saharan Africa

Insha’allah (God’s willingness), in MENA

Insurance companies, hub strategy in MENA

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Haiti and

International Finance Corporation (IFC), of World Bank

Emerging Markets Database

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

International Monetary Fund (IMF):

financial crisis and U.S.
global shift in economic power balance and
Mongolia and
Southeast Asia and

Investable economies, lack of differentiation between investable securities and

Investable emerging markets, classification providers

BlackRock
Dow Jones
FTSE Global Equity Index Series
Goldman Sachs GES
HSBC Emerging Markets Index
iShares/BlackRock
Lipper/Thomson Reuters
Morgan Stanley Capital International Index
Morgan Stanley Investment Management—Emerging Markets Equities
Rising Star AG
S&P Global Equities Index Series
STOXX—Emerging Markets Index

Investable securities, lack of differentiation between investable economies and

Investing, time frame of

Investment prosecution (access)

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

IShares/BlackRock

Islamic banking and finance, in Oman

Israel

Italy:

demographics in
economic growth
financial crisis and public debt
private debt in
rule of law and private equity flows
sovereign ratings and

Ivanhoe Mines, in Mongolia

Jamaica

Japan:

classification issues
demographics in
economic growth
EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and
Inclusive Wealth Report and
manufacturing competitiveness and
Myanmar and
private debt in

Jiang, Jason

Jiang Zeming

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kennedy, Paul

Kenya:

classification issues
investing issues
private equity flows

Khan Bank of Mongolia

Kingdom Breweries

Korea Exchange (KRX), Cambodia and

Korean Mobile Telecom

Kruck, S. E.

Kuhn, Robert

Kuwait:

essential economic freedoms and
exports and
governance indicators
investing issues
private equity flows

Lagos

Lao Airlines

Lao Brewery Company

Lao-Indochina Group Public Company

Laos

classification issues
demographics in
economic trends
foreign investment since 2004
government
integration with ASEAN
investing issues
IPOs and
legal system and
natural resources
private equity flows
real estate market in
stock market

Lao Securities Exchange (LSX)

Lao World Group

Latin America, private equity flows. See also specific countries

Latvia

Lebanon

Legal system:

in Cambodia
emerging markets and
frontier markets and
in Laos
in Myanmar
in Oman
in Thailand
in United Arab Emirates
in Vietnam

Levant. See Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Lewis Curve

Libya

Limited government, as essential economic freedom

Lipper/Thomson Reuters, investable emerging markets classification

Liquidity:

in Central and Eastern Europe and
frontier economies and
in MENA
in Mongolia
selection criteria and
in United Arab Emirates

Lithuania:

credit markets and
governance indicators
private equity flows
stock market aspects

Liu Xiucai

London Stock Exchange (LSE), Mongolia and

Mabey & Johnson

Macedonia

Malaysia:

economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
governance indicators
investing issues

Maldives

Malta

Manufacturing competitiveness, investment decisions and

Mao Zedong

Market-based economies, private equity flows and

Marketing, in emerging markets

Martelly, Michel

Mauritius

McGregor, Richard

Mekong region. See Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam

Mexico:

economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
governance indicators
stock market aspects
“Tequila Crisis”

Microsoft

Middle East and North Africa (MENA). See also specific countries

challenges for international investors
culture and business environment
demographics in
improved conditions
job creation needs
personal relationships and
private equity flows
stock markets in

MILA (Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano)

Mining:

in Laos
in Mongolia

Min Metals Lao

Mobile phones:

in Southeast Asia
in sub-Saharan Africa

Modigliani-Miller theorem

Mohammad, Dr. Mahatir

Mongolia

central bank in
classification issues
currency issues
government
governance
inflation and
investing issues
liquidity and
mining industry
natural resources
private equity flows
stock market
strategic location
trade and

Mongolia Stock Exchange (MSE)

Montenegro

Moody’s ratings

Moral hazard, country classifications and

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)

All Country World Index
Emerging Markets Index
Frontier Markets Index
inefficient markets and
investable emerging markets classification
private equity flows and
World Index

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), Frontier Market Universe

Morocco

Muscat Securities Market (MSM), in Oman

Myanmar

economic outlook
economic sanctions against
investing issues
legal system and
noncorrelation with developed markets
real estate market in
stock market

Myanmar Citizens Bank

N-11 (Next 11). See Next Eleven

Naga Corp.

Namibia

NASDAQ-OMX

Natural resources:

in Colombia
developed markets and production factors
global redistribution of trade and
in Laos
in MENA
in Mongolia

Nepal:

hydropower development
investing issues

Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE)

Nestle of Switzerland

Netherlands

New Zealand

Next Eleven (N-11) (Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam)

Nicaragua

Nigeria:

classification issues
economic growth
Inclusive Wealth Report and
investing issues
private equity flows

Non-deliverable forwards (NDFs), lacking in Southeast Asia

North Africa. See Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Norway

OCTAL

OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development):

Anti-Bribery Convention
charter
economic growth inside and outside of
governance indicators
Haiti and
membership of
MENA Investment program
Pisa study
rule of law and private equity flows

Oil, in Colombia

Oman:

central bank and
exports and
government
investing issues
legal system and
private equity flows

Oman Brunei Investment Company SAOC (OBIC)

O’Neill, Jim

Open markets, as essential economic freedom

Options exchanges, lacking in Southeast Asia

Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper deposit, in Mongolia

Pacific Rubiales (PRE)

Pakistan:

classification issues
economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
investing issues
private equity flows
stock market aspects

Panama

Panko, R.

Papua New Guinea

Partnership risk, UK Bribery Act and

Passive investment, Asian investors perspective on indexing and

Passive management

Patent registration, in developed and developing markets

“Pendulum Theory of Emerging Markets”

People’s Liberation Army

Personal attention, cross-cultural issues and

Personal space, cross-cultural issues

Peru:

Colombia and
economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
ratings upgrade

Philippines:

economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
governance indicators
investing issues
private equity flows

Phnom Penh Water Authorities (PPWA)

Phnom Penh Water Supplies (PPWSA)

Phu Bia Mining

Poland:

economic growth
financial crisis and
governance indicators
marketing in

Political risk, frontier markets and

Portugal

Power generation:

Bhutan and
Colombia and
Laos and
Myanmar and
Nepal and

Prada

Price discovery, frontier economies and

Private debt, in developed markets

Private equity flows

business conditions
changes over past decade
difficulty measuring
enabling conditions
as lead indicator
as next wave of investible markets
opportunities and
in practice
private equity defined
risks
stock market governance and

Private equity investors (direct investments)

as summary indicator

Procter & Gamble

Production factors:

in developed markets
in emerging markets

Professionally managed assets

Property markets. See Real estate markets

Protectionism, in Oman

Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED), in Oman

Public debt:

emerging markets and
financial crisis and developed markets
in frontier markets
overreliance of developed economies on
in Southeast Asia

Public equity, private equity contrasted

Qatar:

Barclays Bank and
exports and
governance indicators
investing issues
personal income in
sovereign ratings and

Qualitative analytical data factors

Ramey, V. A.

Rating agencies. See Sovereign ratings

Real estate markets, in Mekong region

Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam

Redlick, C. J.

Regulation:

emerging markets and
regulatory efficiency as essential economic freedom

REITS, in Thailand

Relative market capitalization, private equity flows and

Republic of Mongolia. See Mongolia

Reputation, frontier markets investments and

Rio Tinto

Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, The (Kennedy)

Rising Star AG

Risk:

anti-bribery legislation
frontier markets and
private equity flows and investing
selection criteria and

RMB

Rodrik, Dani

Romania

Rule of law. See also Legal system

as essential economic freedom
private equity and enabling conditions

Rusal

Russia:

credit markets and
economic growth
financial crisis of 1998
global competitiveness and
governance indicators
Inclusive Wealth Report and
private equity flows and

Rwanda

S&P Country Ranking Framework

S&P Emerging Markets Database (EMDB)

S&P Global Equities Index Series

S&P/IFCG Extended Frontier 150 Index

S&P/IFC Global Frontier Markets index

S&P Select Frontier Index

Safaricom

Samsonite

Santos, Juan Manuel

Saud Bahwan Group

Saudi Arabia:

demographics in
economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
exports and
governance indicators
Inclusive Wealth Report and
private equity flows

Sector indicators, of investable economies

Securitized debt markets, classification issues

Segmentation, EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and

Self-interest, legal framework of markets and

Serbia

Shang Ming

Sharma, Ruchir

Short selling, proposed separation from stock markets

Singapore:

economic growth
EDHEC-Risk Asia Indexing Survey and
governance indicators
Inclusive Wealth Report and
manufacturing competitiveness and
marketing in

Slovak Republic

Social payments:

developed markets’ recovery and
emerging markets’ economic growth and

Sourcing of investment (information)

South Africa:

correlation with sub-Saharan Africa
economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
governance indicators
Inclusive Wealth Report and
population estimates

Southeast Asia

accounting standards and
demographics in
economic growth
foreign investors’ issues
globalization and
growth of China and India and
improving investment factors in
issues of concern and risk
lack of sophisticated instruments
low debt to GDP
market capitalization and
MSCI inefficient markets
stock prices and
volatility and

South Korea:

classification issues
economic growth
governance indicators
investing issues
Myanmar and
rule of law and private equity flows

Sovereign ratings

Spain:

corporate debt
economic growth
private debt
public debt
rating and
rise and fall, as economic power

Speculative holdings, time frame of

Spreadsheets, IT data analysis and

Sri Lanka:

investing issues
private equity flows

Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)—Emerging Markets Equities

State capitalism, in China

Stock market(s):

in BRIC nations
in BRIIC nations
classification and moral hazard
classification bias toward large and accepted
in Colombia
developing market classification and
economic framework conditions and investment decisions
emerging markets and legal system
fundamental criteria for orderly
governance issues and selection criteria
in Laos
in MENA
in Mongolia
in Myanmar
not primary selection criteria
in Oman
private equity flows
in Southeast Asia
in United Arab Emirates

Stolper-Samuelson theorem on trade

STOXX—Emerging Markets Index

Style versus sector breakdowns

Sub-Saharan Africa

correlations with South Africa
dynamics of investing in
economic growth in
governance
improving investment factors in
improving operating conditions
practical aspects of researching opportunities
private equity flows
urbanization

Superpowers, rise and fall of

Supervision of investment (transparency)

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan:

China and
economic growth
governance indicators
investing issues

Taiwan Group, in China

Tavan Tolgoi mine, Mongolia

Technology:

China’s demand for free
frontier markets and

Tesler, Jeffrey

Thailand:

economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
governance indicators
investing issues
Laos and
legal system and
marketing in
Myanmar and
private equity flows
real estate market in

36 Stratagems

Time management, cross-cultural issues

Trade Development Bank of Mongolia

Transaction risk, UK Bribery Act and

Transfer payments, private equity flows and

Transparency International:

anti-bribery principles
Colombia and
Corruption Index

Trinidad

Tsang, Donald

Tunisia:

governance indicators
investing issues
private equity flows

Turkey:

classification issues
economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
financial crisis and public debt
governance indicators
private equity flows

UAE. See United Arab Emirates

Ukraine

Unclassified economies

Unilever

United Arab Emirates (UAE):

Barclays Bank and
classification issues
cultural aspects
essential economic freedoms and
exports and
governance indicators
investing issues
legal system and
private equity flows

United Kingdom:

corporate debt
demographics in
economic growth
Inclusive Wealth Report and
patent registration in
private debt in
rise and fall, as economic power

United Kingdom Bribery Act (2010)

offenses
risk factors and adequate procedures
structure and key provisions
territorial scope
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compared

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations University International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (UNU-IHDP)

United States:

Colombia and
consumers and
decline as economic power
economic growth
financial crisis and
Haiti and
Inclusive Wealth Report and
Laos and
manufacturing competitiveness and
Myanmar and
Oman and
patent registration in
private debt in
sovereign ratings and

Urbanization, in sub-Saharan Africa

Uribe, álvaro

U.S. Council on Competitiveness. See “Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index”

U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Vale

Velez, Alvaro Uribe

Venezuela

Verbal communication, cross-cultural issues

Vienna Initiative

Vietnam:

economic growth
essential economic freedoms and
investing issues
Laos and
legal system and
marketing in
private equity flows
real estate market in

Visualization software

Vodafone

Volatility, in Southeast Asia

Water supply, Cambodian IPO and

Wen Jiabao

Wickham, H.

Wong, P. J.

World Bank. See also International Finance Corporation (IFC)

“Asian Miracle” report
Colombia and
Development Research Center
“Doing Business” Index
financial crisis and U.S.
global shift in economic power balance and
governance indicators of
Haiti and
investing in developing economies
MENA and
Mongolia and
Southeast Asia and
“Worldwide Governance Indicators”

World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey

“World Competitiveness Reports,” of World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum:

Global Competition Index
“World Competitiveness Reports”

World Economic Freedom Index

World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)

World Federation of Stock Exchanges

“Worldwide Governance Indicators,” of World Bank

Xac Banks

York International Corporation

Zain

Zambia

Zimbabwe