Economics & Business |
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How DPPA Addresses Vietnam’s Environmental Challenges in EV Development
Policy Analysis by Hailey Huynh 1/8/2026 |
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Microfinance and the Feminization of Debt in Cambodia
Microfinance has transformed from a tool of female empowerment into one of gendered financial vulnerability in Cambodia. Here is how it can be fixed. Policy Recommendation by Aisha Rana 11/19/2025 |
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Implications of Egypt and Algeria's Economic Diversification for their Green Transition
Egypt and Algeria are seeking to alleviate their heavy reliance on the oil sector by expanding their use of renewable energy. Whether they succeed in enacting meaningful reforms in their energy sectors will depend heavily on their ability to diversify their economies. Policy Recommendation by Zaara Mohammed & Waab Abdalla 7/23/2025 |
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US Sovereign Wealth Fund and Debt-Associated Risk
On February 3, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order for the creation of a US Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). A US SWF would face unique challenges in relation to the US’s current budget deficit and $36 trillion USD in debt. Policy Analysis by Henry Dirckx 4/21/2025 |
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Navigating Trade Amidst US Protectionist Policies: Suggestions for Small-Open States
The world’s largest consumer market, the United States, is imposing tariffs and restrictions on countries employing unfair trade and industry practices. Small-open states can no longer adopt the East Asian development model without thinking twice about the implications for their trade and industrial strategies. Policy Recommendation by Max Cheung 1/9/2025 |
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Supply Chains and Friend-shoring
Current trends in globalization offer new benefits for the US, its allies, and developing nations alike. Policy Recommendation by Peter Poliakov 4/29/2023 |
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Russia's Arctic Dreams Remain on Ice
Russia's plan to develop the Northern Sea Route shipping lane involves more than just building new ports. Commentary by Rino Hamanishi 1/28/2023 |
Mission Statement
Analyzing developing economies and international commerce
RESEARCH FOCUS: EMERGING MARKETS AND ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION
A majority of the world's population lives in an emerging market and represents nearly half the world's GDP. The future of innovation and economic growth holds equal weight on the shoulders of these countries. Additionally, international trade has become an ever-increasing share in the global economy, and disruptions to it are a mounting concern, threatening the path for lower income countries to become prosperous. In an increasingly globalized world, the distinction between our economic interests and the rest of the world's become one and the same. It is imperative that global leaders and policy makers pursue sound economic policy that takes into account emerging markets and economic globalization in order to make the world a safer, prosperous, and developed one.
A majority of the world's population lives in an emerging market and represents nearly half the world's GDP. The future of innovation and economic growth holds equal weight on the shoulders of these countries. Additionally, international trade has become an ever-increasing share in the global economy, and disruptions to it are a mounting concern, threatening the path for lower income countries to become prosperous. In an increasingly globalized world, the distinction between our economic interests and the rest of the world's become one and the same. It is imperative that global leaders and policy makers pursue sound economic policy that takes into account emerging markets and economic globalization in order to make the world a safer, prosperous, and developed one.