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...
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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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