Sofia Mendoza specializes in sovereign risk assessment and political economy. She evaluates how regulatory changes impact international investor confidence in emerging jurisdictions.
Against the backdrop of global reflation, geopolitical conflicts, and a strengthening US dollar, emerging markets are undergoing a strategic shift from pursuing growth to focusing on resilience. AI infrastructure, commodity exports, and domestic demand have become new driving forces.
This article interprets the dynamics of the U.S. environmental and construction insurance market from an emerging market perspective, analyzes the impact of trends such as PFAS and social inflation on infrastructure insurance demand in the Global South, and explores insurance product innovation and regional growth opportunities.
In June 2026, emerging market equities saw outflows of $46.1 billion, with South Korean and Taiwanese tech stocks being the hardest hit; however, bond markets recorded inflows of $28.3 billion, indicating a structural divergence in investor attitudes toward emerging markets. This article analyzes the Federal Reserve's policies, global tech cycles, and regional differences behind these capital flows.
Based on machine learning models, analyze the predictive relationships among CO₂ emissions, GDP, and agricultural land in the IORA four countries (Malaysia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Madagascar), revealing the complex balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability in Global South countries.
As AI search rapidly gains popularity among consumers, retailers must adjust their strategies to adapt to new search optimization rules. This article analyzes how retailers can gain an advantage in the era of AI search from three dimensions: product attributes, community engagement, and influencer collaboration.
This article explores the growing economic challenges of the global protection gap in emerging markets, analyzes how factors such as low insurance penetration, weak infrastructure, and climate change amplify risks, and proposes pathways to expand coverage.
Based on an opinion piece in the Cambodia Investment Review, it analyzes how the bureaucratic systems in developing countries hinder economic modernization, and the reform paths for the Global South.
This article analyzes the financing and competitiveness challenges faced by South African agriculture amid trade transformation from an emerging market perspective, and explores its long-term trends and investment opportunities within the Global South's agricultural value chain.
Interpret from an emerging market perspective how contextual intelligence reshapes customer experience and becomes a core strategic capability for differentiated competition among enterprises in the Global South.
This article analyzes from a Global South perspective how geopolitical conflicts delay the recovery of the construction industry in emerging markets, and explores capital flows, supply chain shifts, and long-term growth prospects.
This article explores the importance of global knowledge integrity strategies for emerging markets, analyzes how AI search reshapes international information governance, and proposes a framework to avoid cross-market information contamination.
The Fiji government announced a shift in economic focus to ICT and agriculture, attempting to break away from tourism dependence. This article analyzes its diversification strategy, investment potential, and structural challenges from a Global South perspective.
Under the combined pressures of border uncertainty and external shocks, Cambodia is not merely dealing with a short-term disturbance; it is redefining its own investment logic: deeper integration into regional supply chains, a more resilient foreign investment structure, and a long-term growth path oriented toward manufacturing, digitalization, and infrastructure upgrading.
Amid concurrent energy price volatility, geopolitical risks, and the reshaping impact of AI, corporate strategy is shifting from scale expansion toward profitability, efficiency, and capital resilience. A Singapore CEO survey shows that this change is not only a matter of corporate management, but also reflects how the growth models of the Global South and emerging Asian economies are entering a new stage.