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Rajev Kapoor

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Rajev Kapoor examines demographic shifts and urbanization trends in high-growth regions. He provides regional outlooks focusing on consumer markets and labor dynamics.

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Investment And Fdi

Changes in Malaysia's FDI Structure: Rise of Digital Services, Manufacturing Value Remains

Despite a sharp decline in manufacturing FDI, Malaysia's net FDI still surged by 41% in 2025. Behind the surge in service sector investment is the digital infrastructure and AI boom, while manufacturing continues to contribute substantial profits through high value-added. The investment landscape in emerging markets is undergoing profound changes.

Rajev Kapoor3 min read
Demographics

AI Search Era: Emerging Markets Need a Global Knowledge Integrity Strategy

With the proliferation of AI-driven search, cross-market knowledge pollution has become a new risk for global enterprises. Emerging markets face particularly prominent challenges due to regulatory differences, linguistic complexity, and uneven digital infrastructure. From the perspective of emerging markets, this article explores how global knowledge integrity strategies can help companies avoid information confusion, enhance compliance, and strengthen global competitiveness.

Rajev Kapoor3 min read
Investment And Fdi

The essence of global FDI competition: the struggle for technological dominance

In 2024, US FDI reached $279 billion, far exceeding China. On the surface, it is a capital competition, but in reality, it is a game of technological sovereignty in advanced manufacturing industries such as semiconductors and electric vehicles. Emerging markets are facing a critical window period.

Rajev Kapoor2 min read
Insights

Viewing the Global South through Population Migration: Deep Learning Reveals New Patterns in Four Decades of Population Movement

In-depth analysis of the latest Nature research: Using deep learning models to construct for the first time annual migration flow data for 230 countries and regions worldwide from 1990 to the present, revealing new dynamics of population migration in the Global South and its profound impacts on economic growth and policy formulation.

Rajev Kapoor4 min read
Emerging Markets

The next round of competition in Cambodian agriculture will not be about expanding acreage, but about soil quality

A study on soil health once again reminds investors in emerging markets: the bottleneck to agricultural growth is shifting from land availability to productivity, input efficiency, and long-term asset management. For Cambodia, which is undergoing manufacturing relocation, urbanization, and foreign capital reallocation, the logic of upgrading the agricultural sector is no longer just about increasing output, but about rebuilding a sustainable foundation for rural growth.

Rajev Kapoor7 min read
Regional Focus

AI search is reshaping visibility: from SEO to GEO, the Global South is also being reordered

AI search is changing the customer acquisition logic of enterprises, media, and the service industry, and is also reshaping the global digital discovery mechanism on a broader level. For emerging markets, this is not merely a change in marketing tools, but the beginning of a redistribution of digital infrastructure, information credibility, and cross-border competitiveness.

Rajev Kapoor7 min read
Policy And Risk

Fiscal tightening in UK higher education: structural signals from campus budgets to public financing constraints

Recent developments in UK higher education have shown a set of parallel dynamics: fiscal, regulatory, and governance issues have been concentrated during the parliamentary recess, indicating that public-sector budget constraints are being transmitted to the university system. This article analyzes the institutional implications of this signal from the perspective of policy and financing structures.

Rajev Kapoor6 min read
Investment And Fdi

Emerging market signals behind the pressure on the rupee: when capital inflows weaken, the growth logic is also being reassessed

The Indian rupee is under pressure, and this is not just a simple currency fluctuation, but a typical emerging market signal: when the current account deficit widens, net capital inflows weaken, and foreign investors become more cautious in their allocations, the growth model, policy priorities, and long-term financing capacity are all repriced.

Rajev Kapoor6 min read
Policy And Risk

Why has the Middle East conflict exposed the “risk management gap” in the Global South?

From the perspective of insurance and risk pricing, the Middle East conflict is not only a geopolitical event; it is also a reminder to the Global South that, as supply chains, capital, and energy networks become more deeply embedded in the global system, risk management capacity is becoming part of regional competitiveness.

Rajev Kapoor6 min read