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...those looking to invest overseas, Russia is safer than ever. But Botswana is safer yet. At least that's the conclusion of AON, the global insurance-and-risk-management firm, which for the first time is offering its Global Credit and Political Risk map to the public, at aon.com/us/politicalrisk The 2-ft. by 3-ft. map assigns a color to each country that denotes its overall risk of economic downturn, political violence and government intervention in private business. The five levels of risk range from green (low risk) to orange (very high risk). AON considers, among other things...
...frustration over seasons of drought and see angry eyes raised at the clear blue sky. Talk invariably turns to exit strategies. Whites opt for Perth or Cape Town or, worse, chilly London - always "for the children." Among blacks, there's wishful thinking of a job earning foreign currency in Botswana, Namibia, England. At each meal, people also serve up cracks about their misery. Recently I heard a half-mocking piece of advice for Harare drivers: don't ever stop. Others may think you're in a petrol queue and rush to get behind you. Humor seems to be group therapy...
...absorb pain today when you can put it off until tomorrow? Walk the streets of Tokyo and there is no sense of urgency, no indication that the country has a credit rating equal to Botswana's. Part of Japan's quiet confidence comes, no doubt, from the $6 trillion in personal savings its citizens have amassed, thanks to its exceptionally high 13% household-savings rate. That totes out to $150,000 per capita, or nearly two and a half years' worth of the average worker's income per household?making it a massive, self-funded social safety net, insulating...
...There has never been such a monumental catastrophe moving in on one continent,” Lewis said. He called the statistics “hallucinatory,” pointing to Botswana as an example. In that nation, the prevalence rate of AIDS among women ages 25-29 is 51.2 percent...
...Smith graduated last spring and he’s now in Botswana doing AIDS advocacy work, far away from Cambridge and his student groups...