Chris Wright
Sovereign Wealth Lessons from an Isolated Cree Nation
Euromoney, April 2022 In frozen far northern Alberta, one finds perhaps the world’s least likely sovereign wealth fund, investing...
Passions
This section showcases work where my financial, political and social journalism crosses over with travel writing
Chris Wright
- Jun 13, 2020
- 8 min
How Bhutan Built Conservation Finance Into its DNA
Euromoney, October 2019 Tiny Bhutan has a big claim to fame: the world’s first, and only, country that can claim to be not only carbon...
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Chris Wright
- Oct 5, 2018
- 8 min
GoPay: Indonesia's Metal Ignition
Euromoney, October 2018 GoPay is considered southeast Asia's answer to Ant Financial. Its CEO comes with a background in the most micro...
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Chris Wright
- Sep 1, 2018
- 11 min
From Apes to Apps: Neal Cross's Digital Journey
Euromoney, September 2018 Neal Cross brought a range of unusual experience to his job at chief innovation officer at DBS, one of the...
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Chris Wright
- Sep 14, 2017
- 13 min
Life at the Sharp End of Climate Change
Euromoney magazine, September 2017 Pacific island states like Kiribati, the Cook Islands and Palau are among the most exposed in the...
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Chris Wright
- Sep 1, 2015
- 2 min
Iran: When is a Door Not a Door?
Euromoney staff have committed no end of humiliating faux pas around the world over the years, but we like to think we broke new ground...
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Chris Wright
- Sep 1, 2015
- 5 min
Iran: On the Road Outside the Capital
Euromoney, September 2015 Iran is big. Iranians are fond of telling visitors that it experiences four distinct climates at any one time,...
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Chris Wright
- Sep 1, 2015
- 15 min
On the Road in Palestine: a Story of Business Resilience
The performance of West Bank businesses and banks is testament to the resourcesfulness of its people Twenty per cent year-on-year growth...
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Chris Wright
- Nov 1, 2011
- 15 min
Micro Matters in Central Asia
Euromoney, November 2011 Microfinance has its problems, but it can drive the economies of developing nations. So what if it wasn’t there?...
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Chris Wright
- Nov 1, 2010
- 5 min
Sandakan: Australia's Most Desperate Sadness
The Australian Way, November 2010 Russ Ewin is watching the sun set from the window of a Borneo hotel. “They always have great sunsets...
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Chris Wright
- Nov 1, 2010
- 9 min
Balancing the Burma Issue
Australian Financial Review, November 2010 There is a new flag hanging outside the government buildings in Nay Pyi Taw, Burma’s obscure...
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Chris Wright
- Jul 1, 2010
- 7 min
The Boulder and the Beautiful
Qantas: The Australian Way, July 2010 On a glorious limestone hillside in Turkey’s Cappadocia, Andrew Rogers is supervising a team of 50...
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Chris Wright
- Apr 1, 2010
- 11 min
The Pain Behind Singapore's Gains
Australian Financial Review, April 2010 It is Christmas Eve in Singapore, and the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics –...
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