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China, India, Philippines and Indonesia have highest economic risk from natural disasters – Maplecroft study shows lack of resilience heightens risks
Despite the US and Japan having the highest economic exposure to natural hazards, it is the emerging economies of China, ...
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Maplecroft Tunisia Risk Briefing: Political and economic instability persists as elections loom on the horizon
Tunisia remains politically and economically volatile and under an ‘indefinite’ state of emergency almost six months following the removal of ...
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Maplecroft investor, Jim O’Neill, launches landmark book, THE GROWTH MAP: Economic Opportunity in the BRICs and Beyond
Ten years ago, Jim O'Neill Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management made a startling prediction: the G-7 countries including the ...
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Maplecroft research reveals high levels of economic integration with BRICs buffered regional partners and resource rich countries from global downturn
New research into the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), has revealed that the countries with the highest economic integration ...
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Despite India’s economic growth companies still facing considerable labour risks including strikes, child labour and bonded labour – Maplecroft labour standards report
A new in-depth labour standards report, focusing on the major labour issues affecting the operations and supply chains of multinational ...
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Newly independent South Sudan faces difficult path to political and economic stability – Maplecroft briefing
South Sudan's formal declaration of independence on 9 July 2011 marks the beginning of a long, difficult path to stability ...
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Maplecroft briefing: Western investors eye return to Asia’s next ‘economic frontier’ as Myanmar continues reforms
On 6 February 2012, Myanmar’s Electoral Commission formally approved Aung San Suu Kyi’s right to stand in the elections, removing ...
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New research identifying Haiti and Mozambique as the countries most vulnerable to economic losses from natural disasters also classifies a ...
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Ethical Insight
Myanmar 26/01/2012 On 26 January 2012 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a report stating that Myanmar has the potential ...
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Conflict and economic downturn cause global increase in reported child labour violations – 40% of countries now rated ‘extreme risk’ by Maplecroft
An annual study by risk analysis firm Maplecroft has revealed that 76 countries now pose ‘extreme’ child labour complicity risks ...
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