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dom House, 2014), https://freedomhouse.org/sites/ default/files/Freedom%20in%20the%20World%202014%20Booklet.pdf. 7. “Chinas Internet: A Giant Cage,” Economist, April 6, 2013, http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21574628-internet- was-expected-help-democratise-china-instead-it-has-enabled. 8. Jess

calculations proved wildly misplaced. Opposi- tion parties swept to victory in country after coun- try—in Uruguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, South Korea, the Philippines, Poland. The word “stunning” made a frequent appearance in news accounts, as in the stunning rejection of the ruling party in Poland, or the stunnin

thrown by military officers who drew on the support of civilian democracy advocates. Later peaceful revolutions overcame authoritarian regimes in the Philippines, South Korea, Chile, and Poland. In the 21st century, however, the definitive events behind the new label took place in Georgia (2003) and Ukraine (

rship, in our view. More questions than answers at this stage Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s initial suggestion in an interview with The Economist that a Saudi Aramco IPO could be considered has raised market expectations. Ensuing comments from Aramco’s management did not make clear whether a li

nstituent of @ CHINA mw KOREA = TAIWAN @ INDIA m SOUTH AFRICA @ BRAZIL SAUD: @ MEXICO m RUSSIA = MALAYSIA (EM) m= INDONESIA ~ THAILAND m@ PHILIPPINES TURKEY © CHILE = POLAND & QATAR m UAE @ COLOMBIA = PERU m GREECE m HUNGARY EGYPT m@ CZECH REPUBLIC Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Resear

onitor three indicators to assess the state of the local economy: the rail freight volume, electricity consumption and bank loan volume. In 2010, The Economist introduced the Li Keqiang Index, which takes the weighted average of these three metrics’ annual growth rates to track Chinese economic growth. The

end towards investor stewardship and active ownership echoes the progress already made in other Asian markets such as Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. With the adoption of a Stewardship Code, our expectations are that shareholders in Korean equities, and especially in chaeb

25% • 2005 • 2011E 20% - 15% 10% 5% 0% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 1 2% 0% Taiwan Mexico China Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Empirical Research Partners. Philippines 2000 2007 2010 Source: UN Comtrade, Empirical Research Partners. To summarize, we expect today's margins to last a while longer, since relative costs

ratio is above 100%, and the country suffers from low growth (the lowest in the world from 2000-2010 other than Zimbabwe and Haiti, according to the Economist). Think about this: Italy has run a primary budget surplus (i.e. ex-interest payments) every year since 1992, but still hasn't been able to bring its