THE PHILIPPINES ISN'T NEW TO FOReign investment. Long considered one of the striving tiger cub economies, its bustling ports and big cities have represented attractive investment opportunities for companies like General Electric, KKR, and Cargill. However, despite its prime location, young English-speaking workforce, and considerable natural-resource wealth, its performance lags behind that of its Association of Southeast Asian Nations peers.2 For foreign businesses looking for the next great opportunity, the Philippines would likely be ignored as "been there, done that."
But what if we told you that almost one-third of the country's land, and much of its trillion dollars of untapped mineral resources, are located on Mindanao, an isolated, war-torn island in the country's south?³ Sitting in GE's shiny Manila offices, we asked a group of executives, mostly Filipinos, about how to capture this opportunity. They looked aghast. One asked, "Why would one ever go there?"
In the race to tap emerging markets, most of the more developed parts of these economies have become saturated with foreign investment. The gleaming skyscrapers along Nairobi's skyline offer evidence of the wide reach of globalization. Over the past 20 years, trillions of dollars have been poured into emerging markets, far beyond the obvious targets like India, China, and Brazil. Even countries like Rwanda that, as recently as 25 years ago, would have been considered impossible entry targets are now experiencing 8% growth. San Pedro Sula, a Honduran city that has appeared on numerous lists of the world's most dangerous cities, now receives nine direct flights each day from the United States.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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