This article is an excerpt from Bangladeshi economist and freedom fighter Professor Rehman Sobhan s speech at the Bay Of Bengal Economic Dialogue 2021 organized by the South Asian Network. Courtesy: Foreign Policy/South Asian Monitor
Investors looking for emerging-market opportunities to capitalise on the expected global economic rebound should take a look at Saudi Arabia s equities, according to a strategist at Julius Baer Group Ltd.
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A world-renowned economist says that the Special Economic Zone in the Port City of Colombo should be established soon.
Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja of the South Asian Institute of Studies in Singapore said that the Port city of Colombo could be developed as a global financial services hub between Dubai in the west and Singapore in the east.
Dr. Wignaraja said that the global investment flow has slowed down in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic and that the rapid establishment of a special economic zone in the Port City of Colombo could attract more investment.
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