by Afshin Molavi | Mar 23, 2020 | China Economy, China Equities, Coronavirus/Covid-19, Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, NewPost
Even amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, German carmaker BMW sees enormous potential in the China market and has pledged to ramp up its production in the world’s largest auto market. This from China Daily BMW AG is considering scaling up its investment in China...
by Afshin Molavi | Mar 23, 2020 | Coronavirus/Covid-19, Emerging Markets, India Economy, NewPost, Original Articles
India, one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world, will have largely empty skies as of Wednesday at midnight. All domestic flights have been grounded, adding to the ban on all international flights. The ban on all flights will continue to slam...
by Afshin Molavi | Jan 8, 2020 | Aviation, Emerging Markets, HUBSS, NewPost, Top Ten Lists, Videos
In the year 1945, nine million people traveled by air annually. Today, nine million people travel by air every 18 hours. All told, some 4.7 billion passengers took to the air in 2019. Nearly 40% of those flights are international. The New Silk Road Monitor produced a...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 17, 2019 | Africa Business, Development, Emerging Markets, NewPost
Aubrey Hruby and Gyude Moore are two of the smartest Africa and frontier market thinkers in the business today. They have joined hands to launch a new podcast – NewThink. The podcast, described as a place for “radical ideas for economic development in...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 16, 2019 | Articles, Aviation, Emerging Markets, NewPost
It should come as no surprise to readers of these pages that the fastest growing airports are in the emerging world along the New Silk Road. In fact, according to Airports Council International, 12 of the 30 fastest growing airports are either in China or India. Here...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Belt and Road Initiative, Central Asia and Caucuses, China Economy, China/Middle East, Emerging Markets, Europe, Geopolitics, NewPost, Rail Links, Southeast Asia, West Asia Economies
In one of the most memorable lines from Ernest Hemingway’s classic work, The Sun Also Rises, one of the lead characters was asked how he went bankrupt. His response? “It happened gradually, and then suddenly.” I often think of that line as I reflect...
