Adventure Capital: An Introduction 1What Is an Emerging Market? 2Power of Capital 4Technology: AI for Alpha and Impact 6What Does the Future Hold? 81 What Is an Emerging Market?: China: The Opportunities and Risks Within the World's Second-Largest Economy 11She Will Shake the World 13Hot Stocks in the Heart of Capital 14All Rules Are Off 17Trade War or Tech War 19Sino- Sustainability: How China Went Woke 22The Next Center of the Universe 252 Gem on the Pacific Rim: Vietnam: From a War-Torn Past to a Sizzling Future 27The Fall of Saigon 28Dairy Queen: Innovation in the South Pacific 30Turbulence 33The Silver- Tongued Minister 36Environmental and Social Risks at the Red River Delta 38His Eyes Are Always Watching 413 Global Flows: Spotlight on Saudi Arabia: The Greatest Story That Nobody Knows 43The Commodities Rut 46Woman in a Strange Land 49Opening the Doors 51Crown's Jewel 55Gleam of Success 584 Submerging Markets? Corruption and Autocracy: Romania's Unexpected Rise and the Role of Capital Markets 61A Sinister Beauty 63From Hard Communism to Hard Capitalism 66Sustainable Markets 69Financial Returns and Financial Inclusion 71Biutiful Bucharest 73Castle in the Sky? 755 Terrorism and Instability: When Markets Become Uninvestable: North Africa and the Middle East 77Buying When There's Blood in the Streets 80Capital as a Weapon of War 83The Cost of Divestment 85Investing in Change 87The Long Road Out of the Ruins 886 Harnessing Domestic-Driven Demand: India's Unique Opportunity for Sustainable Growth 91Microfinance: The Original Impact Investing 93Responsible Investing Is Born 97Clear Skies Behind the Smog 100SDG Integration and the Role of Technology 103Transforming Wonderland 1067 Data Is the New Oil: Africa Needs (Venture Funding), China Feeds (Seed Capital) 109East Africa's Silicon Savannah 110Powered Up in South Africa 114Africa Needs, China Feeds 118Can Crypto Save Nigeria? 123From Gray to Green: Data Is the Oil 1268 Twenty-First-Century Investing: Transforming Economies and Livelihoods from Bogotá to Brasilia 129Doing Good and Doing Well in Colombia 130The Role of Business in Argentina's Society 135From Destruction to Disruption in Brazil 139Chile: Accelerating into the Future 143Greenlighting Latin America 1469 The Next Half: The Queens of Wall Street: The Largest Emerging Market Is Women 149Vast Segment with Productive Capacity 150Whispers of Opportunity 152Untapped Potential 155Structural Barriers 159Why Now? 162Queens of Wall Street 167Conclusion 171Fellow Travelers 173Money Changes Everything 175Reimagined Capitalism 177Mint and Honey 178Notes 181Acknowledgments 195About the Author 197Index 199
ASHA MEHTA, CFA, is Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Global Delta Capital. Named a "Brilliant Quant" and Top 10 Women in Asset Management, she has managed and deployed some of the largest and most pioneering investment strategies in emerging markets and sustainable investing.