Carving a Place for Africa’s Emerging Capital Markets in a Globalized World: Opening address by Patrick Asia director, economic and social policy division of the economic commission for Africa

Abstract

Opening address by Patrick Asia director, economic and social policy division of the economic commission for Africa on Carving a Place for Africa’s Emerging Capital Markets in a Globalized World. The emerging capital markets of North Africa are well poised to benefit from the increased flows of capital from globalization Nonetheless, they face a special set of challenges as they compete with other emerging markets in Asia and Latin America for new issues and investors. The competition is tough.