Emerging markets have grown at a lightning speed. Over the last 20 years, it has resulted in transforming international trading practices. Emerging economies now play a larger role in international trade than ever before. Twenty years ago, emerging economies accounted for about 30 percent of the world’s trade. Today, the figure stands at nearly 50 percent.
As supply and demand grow, developing market enterprises require ongoing working capital to maximize distribution, operational efficiency, and inventory turnover. International trade financing companies can assist emerging-market businesses in improving their cash flow position and reducing their risk exposure.
International trade finance companies typically extend working capital to businesses in emerging markets by providing them with trade finance facilities such as documentary collections, letters of credit, standby letters of credit, factoring facilities, and export credit. When a buyer purchases goods from a seller,
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Emerging Markets are ready for international trade, but need trade finance
How Trade and Trade Finance can Help Emerging Markets
How can trade and trade finance help emerging markets? Here is my chat with Andrea Frosinini, a trade finance advisor and he is also on the advisory board of TOTTA (Trans-Oceanic Trade…
Positive Social Impact with Microfinance in Brazil
This episode is about how microfinance is having a beneficial social impact on Brazil’s unbanked and underbanked populations.
I had a chat with Taynah Reis, a fellow Brazilian and the founder of MoedaSeeds, a fintech that provides financing to entrepreneurs in underserved areas. They support female-owned businesses in rural regions and offer investment options based on blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Emerging Markets will leapfrog to renewable energy
Emerging markets are about to leapfrog fossil fuels to generate all the growth in their electricity supply from renewables in this decade. The peak global fossil fuel usage for electricity generation was probably 2018. The emerging markets are key to the global transition.
E-waste: how emerging markets can leapfrog to circular economy
According to Wikipedia, India is the “fifth largest electronic waste producer in the world” with approximately 2 million tons of e-waste being generated annually plus an undisclosed amount of e-waste coming from other countries around the world.
E-Waste and its Impact in Emerging Markets
Ana Paula Picasso interviewed Sebastian Holmström, Circular Strategy Lead of Inrego – a company specialized in recycling and re-using of electronic waste (e-waste). They talked about the impact of e-waste in developing countries, and how emerging markets can leapfrog from a linear economy to a more sustainable and circular economy with their electronics consumption.
Emerging & Frontier Markets Overview
Ana Paula Picasso from Emerging Markets Today (EMT) and James Eugene from Frontier Markets News, had a chat about the history of EMT, the differences between emerging and frontier markets, and what’s hot in Frontier Markets.
Introducing Emerging Markets Today Podcast
Today we are introducing the Emerging Markets Today (EMT) Podcast! After few years bringing you a comprehensive overview of Emerging Markets and Frontier Markets, we are moving all these amazing…
Why it’s easier for India to get to Mars than to tackle its toilet challenge
According to the Indian census of 2011, only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households in India had their own toilet facilities, while 3.2% had access to public toilets. In this context, the remaining 49.8% households had no option but to defecate in the open.
