development
4 Ways To Turbocharge Developing Digital Economies
Only 15 percent of people in least developed countries have mobile broadband, as opposed to 90 percent of advanced country citizens. How can all nations and entrepreneurs take advantage of the digital economy? It will take an overhaul in public-private partnerships, writes Kati Suominen, founder and CEO of Nextrade Group.
Digitization and e-commerce are opening new opportunities for developing countries to promote entrepreneurship, job-creation and small businesses. However, the funding needs to haul developing countries over the digital chasms are gigantic.
trade
Let’s Upgrade NAFTA To Compete With The World
trade
Here’s What We Really Should Be Debating When It Comes To Trade
Of American micro and small businesses that sell on eBay, 97 percent export. Small online sellers are the new face of world trade. Export credit agencies must learn to support them, writes Kati Suominen, founder and chairwoman of the Trade Capital Fund.
asia
China’s Growth Rates Will Rival India’s For Years to Come
American companies are watching history in the making as India and China become economic superpowers -- even though both face some headwinds. Anja Manuel, a former State Department official and now advisory to U.S. companies in emerging markets with Condoleezza Rice and others, describes what we can expect. The following work is based on her new book, This Brave New World: India, China and the United States.
