Defining The Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets An emerging market generally refers to a developing market economy with low-to-middle per capita income. Countries in t...

Emerging Markets

An emerging market generally refers to a developing market economy with low-to-middle per capita income. Countries in this category are usually undertaking a process of economic development and reform.

Emerging Market

 Characteristics of Emerging Markets

An important feature of most emerging markets is that they are in the process of moving from closed economies to more open economies. As part of this process, emerging countries generally experience rapid growth in both local and foreign investment.

Opportunities for Foreign Investors

For foreign investors, the emerging market is an opportunity to expand its production and revenue. From the perspective of the emerging market, it gains access to new employment opportunities, transfers of skills and technology, and a source of economic growth.

Threat for Local Firms

While increased foreign investments bring much-needed jobs to the emerging markets, local firms that previously faced little competition are now forced to compete with the international firms that take advantage of relatively low investment costs.

In the last decade, many developing countries have been adjusting their economies through economic reform policies to attract a greater share of global foreign investment. The impact of these reforms on both domestic markets and consumers is significant; for example, in recent years, the fastest growing countries such as Brazil, China, India, and Eastern European countries have attracted the most foreign investment, followed by promising emerging markets of the Middle East and Africa.

List of Emerging country Markets

The prominent members of emerging country markets are

1.    Australia
2.    China/Hong Kong
3.    India
4.    Indonesia
5.    Japan
6.    Korea
7.    Malaysia
8.    Pakistan
9.    Philippines
10.    Singapore
11.    Taiwan
12.    Thailand
13.    Vietnam
14.    Argentina
15.    Brazil
16.    Chile
17.    Mexico
18.    Israel
19.    South Africa
20.    Portugal
21.    Russia
22.    Spain
23.    Turkey