4. ECUDORIAN OIL MINISTER CALLS FOR AN EMBARGO ON OIL PRODUCTION IN AMAZON RAINFOREST: Acosta on valorizing Ecuadorian rain forest.
5. MANDATE OF EBRD MAY EXPAND TO NORTH AFRICA: EBRD as a player in North Africa.
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7. Where are the theoretical assessments of how a North African equivalent of the EBRD and the strategic plans for a North African Bank of Reconstruction and Development? Who is teaching the business strategies of the EBRD and their implications for global political economy?
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9. Define a post-colonial (we still haven’t come up with a better word) approach to the rule of law, “border” disputes and the development of efficient, i.e. non-corrupt capital markets and
10. Design an approach to global capital markets based on the realities of the new politics of capital formation.It is a responsibility that we have because it is not clear how the SECOND WORLD perspective will merge with liberal democratic theory if not by the leadership effort of Canadians (and Scandinavians and pro-democratic capitalist Nigerians, Indians, and Ivoirians and globally-oriented next generation Chinese and Brazilian leaders). <br />Pedagogically, it comes back to the development of new perspectives on global affairs. When you look at an article or a research project, ask the “second question” and “third question”, not “is the article any good”, but “why are we talking about this question this way?” and “is this the most important topic in global affairs given that we all have limited bandwidth .<br />For the Munk School to have the global impact we all want it to have, it must define a brand around the fusion of liberal capitalist theory with what is coming to be called a SECOND WORLD perspective. Above all, we have to be developing the frameworks of the future and having a bonfire with out-of-date paradigms and the private agendas of academic clubs. Sociology of knowledge provides perspective and the new world being defined by billions of market decisions in Hyderabad and Recife today looks at the questions of the past differently. <br />If we do that, we may not generate all the answers about 21st Century politics, but we will not be surprised when in 2016 we are discussing the equivalent of the rise of Turkey in Arab and Somali politics. We won’t be surprised because some of the ideas that give rise to those next trends will have been invented here.<br />
![CREATING VALUE FROM AMAZON RAINFORESTS AND MALAYSIAN INVESTMENT IN ETHIOPIA: DEFINING THE NEW GLOBAL ARENA<br />Opportunities for the Munk School of Global Affairs<br />September 28, 2011<br />Jim de Wilde<br />www.jimdewilde.net <br />www.twitter.com/jimdewilde <br />Let’s start with a thought experiment: imagine how a class in Santiago would look at the dispute over Kashmir. How would it differ from a class in Montreal or London? How would a group of technology entrepreneurs in Helsinki view the establishment of rule of law in Niger differently than their colleagues in Shanghai? How is the global economic realignment viewed in an investment bank in Nairobi differently than one in Frankfurt? If even as a quick thought experiment, you see that as a unique approach to the politics of the 2010s and the global decision-making required for entrepreneurial and political success in the next fifty years, you have created a brand.<br />You have already read my introductory lecture to the ROTMAN course on Global Capital markets looking at the underlying global trends, illustrated through case studies like the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah’s restructuring of Asian health care investments and Daewoo’s attempts to purchase arable land in Madagascar. For international institutional investors, the new value propositions underlying the global economy will determine the relative success of their investment strategies. The skill of being able to link an understanding of geopolitics with an understanding of capital market strategies will determine the future leadership of this 21st Century global economy.<br />Today, I want to speak about the unique opportunities confronting the Munk School of Global Affairs in dealing Canadian perspectives into the major decisions about how the global economic realignment will be managed.<br />Let’s look behind some headlines: <br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/creatingvaluefromamazonrainforestsandmalaysianinvestmentinethiopia1-110928092203-phpapp02/85/Creating-value-from-amazon-rainforests-and-malaysian-investment-in-ethiopia-1-1-320.jpg)
