Economy
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Let’s look at plan B
Struggling nations and cities need to hitch up their skirts, quicken their step and just get on with it. Our editor-in-chief follows up the debates stirred up in this issue.
First port of call
As Colombia expands business ties with Asia, its main port, Buenaventura, has huge economic potential. But its Pacific waterways are a major transit for drug smugglers, bringing a new set of woes.
Celtic tiger feat
After a disastrous recession, the erstwhile Celtic Tiger is licking its wounds. Lessons have been learnt by businesses willing to seize the opportunity for a rebirth, showing signs of economic recovery.
Give and take
Once an aid recipient, South Korea has become a manufacturing powerhouse and donor. As the G20 summit opens in Seoul, is it giving enough and for the right reasons?
In for a round
Palestine is on the cusp of its own modern banking system and the Palestinian pound may return. Monocle talks to Jihad al-Wazir, governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority, about the economy.
Spin city
Millions of Chinese flock to Macau's casinos, now the world's gambling Mecca. But will authorities nurture its fledgling creative and tourism industries, or remain dependent on the endless tables at the casinos?
Hula hopes
Honolulu, our top-ranking US city for the third year running, wants to shed its honeymoon hotspot image. The film industry, renewable energy and agriculture are helping transform it into a new Pacific power.
Our time has come
While some countries have eccentric time-keeping, New Zealand sees its time zone as a potential economic advantage, hoping to attract investment and lead Asia-Pacific's financial services market.
Rubber soled tiger
Brazil has natural assets – a sunny disposition, a carnival attitude – that are peculiarly unquantifiable. As Monocle discovered, the next 10 years might just be the country's best decade yet.
