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Africa has always seemed to be lagging behind the rest of the world since the colonial era and not many paid attention to African economies until recently when there was a demographic shift and the continent boasted the youngest continental population. Africa is the continent that will skip the brick and mortar development and advanced…
(Xi Jinping holding Imran Khan, the Pakistani Prime Minister) Pakistan is not a country known for it financial stability. Since 1988, the nation has been the subject of 12 IMF bailouts totalling $19 billion and is currently in the process of trying to secure another IMF emergency package of up to $12 billion. Increased…
Providing all of the world’s children with a quality primary, secondary and higher education is no small task. With limited teaching resources, educating the youth is particularly big problem in the developing world. Progress has been made, and as the fourth UN sustainability goal, education does receive a lot of attention, however there is still…
The latter stages of 2018 and start of 2019 has proved challenging for Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant and one of Beijing’s “national champion” tech firms. On December 1, Canadian authorities in Vancouver arrested the company’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, at the behest of the United States. On January 11, news broke that Polish…
Chinese Imperialism – the Belt and Road initiative The ‘BRI’ has generated a lot of hype – some have dubbed it a Chinese Marshall Plan, a state-backed campaign for global dominance, a stimulus package for a slowing economy, and a massive marketing campaign for something that was already happening – Chinese investment around the world.…
The Legal Cannabis market is expected to grow to grow 230% to $32 billion in 2022 as compared to $9.5 in 2017, according to ArcView Market Research and BDS Analytics. Whilst majority of that growth is being spurred by developed markets, such as the United States and Canada. This global growth presents an interesting…
As global warming looms around the corner, there is an urgent need to reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. As one of the largest contributors, the global energy sector needs to shift to more environmentally efficient production in order for the goals in the Paris climate accord to be upheld. Solar, wind, hydro and wave…
When the public internet first became readily available in western countries, one of its first and most popular uses was online communication. Early messaging clients like AOL and MSN Messenger lead the way for MySpace and in turn to the our current platforms. The modern day social media giants like Facebook and Youtube have seen…
Over the course of the last few years there has been an increase in the number of natural disasters wreaking havoc for people all across the world. Both economical and social costs resulting from the damages caused by these events have been rising rapidly, which begs the question what they will amount to in the…
Watch our exciting short interview with Professor Erik Berglof, the inaugural Director of the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Founded in 2009, the LSE SU Emerging Markets Forum was created with a vision to inspire and expand our understanding of the role of emerging markets within our world. We are proud to introduce you to the 11th annual Emerging Markets Forum. As the world’s largest EM student conference, we attract top speakers from around the world, including pre-eminent academics, executives, investors and global leaders.
| Region | % of Attendees 2018 |
| Latin America | 9% |
| Africa | 10% |
| Europe | 17% |
| Middle East | 7% |
| Asia | 30% |
| North America | 9% |
| UK | 18% |
| Total | 100.0% |
