Daniel Izzo on Brazil’s First Impact Investing Venture Capital Firm — Forbes
Will Lower Mobile Money Fees in Kenya, Tanzania be Enough to Stimulate Micropayments? – NextBillion.net
Brazil to ‘Try to Maintain’ Currency at 1.80 Real, O Estado Says — Bloomberg
Don’t Blame the (Chinese) Banks — Patrick Chovanec
Chinese FDI lands in the Caribbean — NYT
Sri Lank Central Bank governor profiles economy — Hindu Business Line
The making of the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange — African Capital Markets News
Saudi Billionaire to Invest $600 Million in Ethiopia Cooking Oil — Bloomberg
Zambia manufacturers urge capital controls — Times of Zambia
Asian Development Bank financing more than 200 irrigation projects for US$6.6 billion, with US$1.1 billion worth already pipelined — Online News (Pakistan)
Vietnamese state-owned firm in US$1.5 billion spending scandal — Vietnam News
Dani Rodrik schools Harvard students on Free Trade — Project Syndicate
More Wall Street-listed firms making a move into Africa — Investing in Africa
Upcoming Summit of the Americas to label war on drugs a failure — The Guardian (UK)
Mexico’s Banking System is Resilient, but Global Risks Have Increased, IMF Says — IMF
Emerging-Market Bonds Quench a Yield Thirst — NYT
China’s big banks lend nearly 300 billion yuan in March — Reuters
Iran oil development fund could reach $55bln — Reuters
BG Group to invest $2bn in Brazil’s oil industry — FT
IDB Approves $600 Million Loan for Petrochemical Plant in Mexico — EFE via LAHT
