ShiftingWealth

Helmut Reisen's blog on the recalibration of the world economy toward the East and the implications for poor and rich, policymakers and investors.

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Vorsprung durch Technik: Dealing with China´s Acquisitions

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China´s quest to climb up further the value-added chain by acquiring leading-edge technology firms has made Germany a favorite M&A targ...
Saturday, 21 May 2016

How a Rebalanced China Will Affect Africa

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2015 has been a challenging year for much of Africa. Average growth of African economies weakened slightly in 2015 to 3.6% (down fro...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Lies, Damned Lies, and FDI Statistics

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The term “Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” was popularized by the great US author Mark Twain, who attributed it to the British Prime Mini...
Monday, 7 March 2016

Africa´s Frontier Markets are Cheap Again

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Africa ´s equity portfolio flows have experienced consistent volatility during the past two decades. From a net equity outflow recorded for ...
Thursday, 18 February 2016

Who is Funding Africa´s Infrastructure?

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Data on lending sources for bank credit to Africa are hard to come by. Notably the People’s Bank of China, the China Development Bank, and ...
Monday, 8 February 2016

SWF divestment, oil prices and Shifting Wealth in reverse

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From a total of $ 1.8 trillion in 2000, global foreign exchange reserves reached a peak of $ 12 trillion by mid-2014. China alone stockpile...
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Helmut Reisen has been Head of Reseach of the OECD Development Centre and an Economics Professor at the University of Basel. Most of his academic publications are listed @ https://ideas.repec.org/e/pre79.html
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