Emerging Markets Forum

At Emerging Markets Forum, Africa Is Rising

For much of the past two decades, the overarching economic theme in sub-Saharan Africa has been “Africa Rising.”

That’s still the case, though in 2016, growth in the region was “alarmingly poor,” dragged lower by a sharp slump in commodity prices, former Liberian finance minister Antoinette Monsio Sayeh said April 20, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

The region’s economies are rebounding, said Sayeh, a distinguished visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development. “But momentum has slowed.”

Three Steps To Return To 'Africa Rising'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – When former Liberian finance minister Antoinette Monsio Sayeh spoke in Washington, D.C., last week, her topic was “Investment-Fueled Growth: Leveraging Its Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Growth Prospects.” But the subtext to her message was that leveraging growth can only happen with the right policies.

When Globalization Feels Like Sitting 'in the Middle of a Storm'

Globalization: It's a topic that increasingly dominates headlines and political discourse around the world, with Donald Trump in the White House, the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, and protectionist sentiment gaining political favor in other parts of the developed world.

Emerging Markets Forum, April 21

Please join us as the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business presents the Seventh Annual Emerging Markets Forum, Friday, April 21, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

The Opportunities and Challenges of Doing Business with India

Participants at the Robert H. Smith School of Business's 2016 Emerging Markets Forum agreed that India's rapid growth offered opportunities for both local and American businesses, but they disagreed about whether the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was moving quickly enough to cut red tape. This was the sixth annual Emerging Markets Forum, organized by the Smith School's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Read more ...

Emerging Markets Forum, April 29

India is an emerging economic powerhouse that holds considerable promise, yet is complex and difficult to navigate. This year's Emerging Markets Forum focuses on the challenges and opportunities of doing business in India at a time when U.S.-India commercial ties are of increasing importance to both countries.

Emerging Markets Forum Extols Entrepreneurship

Profit-driven entrepreneurs do more to help low-income families than many activists with social missions, keynote speaker Iqbal Quadir said April 24, 2015, at the fifth annual Emerging Markets Forum in Washington, D.C. The daylong event, organized by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, brought together business, policy and academic leaders to discuss entrepreneurship in a global marketplace. A U.S. Department of Education grant provided funding.

Emerging Markets Forum Looks Beyond Arab Spring

Arab uprisings that started in 2010 will continue to reshape the region, even if political reform does not come quickly, a University of Maryland researcher said April 25, 2014, at the Emerging Markets Forum in Washington, D.C.

Emerging Markets Forum, April 25 in DC

4th Annual Emerging Markets Forum

Negotiating History, Culture and Institutions in Emerging Markets
Friday, April 25, 2014
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Pavilion Room
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004

Experts Speak on Women's Leadership Savvy in Emerging Markets Forum

The question of whether more women belong in corporate boardrooms is no longer a gender equity issue. It's an economic growth strategy. This was a repeated theme at the "Women as Entrepreneurs, Consumers and Agents of Change" forum, hosted April 13, 2012 by the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. [VIDEOS]

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Emerging Markets Forum

4th Annual Emerging Markets Forum