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Justin Harlow on Political Risk and Investment in Emerging Markets

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
Length: 28:13

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Justin Harlow discusses investing in the energy sector in emerging markets. He is the founder and managing partner of Tau Energy Partners, an energy investment advisory firm dedicated to emerging markets. Read the full description.

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Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.

Transcript

JULIA KENNEDY: Welcome to Just Business, a series of interviews on global business ethics.

Today I'm talking about political risk and investment in emerging markets with Justin Harlow, a managing partner at Tau Energy Partners.

Justin, it's a great pleasure to have you here on Just Business.
JUSTIN HARLOW: It's great to be here.
JULIA TAYLOR KENNEDY: You have made a priority of working in emerging markets. Even the so-called BRICs—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—are too mainstream for you. What drew you to this space, and why work in especially emerging markets?
JUSTIN HARLOW: Tau Energy Partners is an energy investment advisory business dedicated to the emerging markets. You probably know that the vast majority of energy resources are in the emerging markets, so it's natural to be there. Over 90 percent of the proven oil and gas reserves are in what are called the emerging markets....
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Deborah Carroll - Producer
Julia Kennedy - Producer/Host of Just Business
Robert Smithline - Editor
Terence Hurley - Editor
Gusta Johnson - Production Assistant

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