As frontier markets find themselves—and in some cases place themselves—at the heart of some of the most important challenges the planet and the world’s economies are facing, investors are seeing new opportunities that simply couldn't have existed just a few years ago. We meet up with pioneering frontier-markets investor Alison Graham of Voltan Capital Management to talk about digitizing supply chains, the management of waste, tackling climate change … and blockchain. Cutting edge stuff, indeed!

Tina Jabeen left a cushy job at a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley to help startups and women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh build their businesses. Six years later, she describes a thriving startup ecosystem supported by investments from some of the world's biggest and most successful venture capitalists. 

With decades of experience as an investor and years of academic research under his belt, Marshall Stocker, co-head of emerging markets debt at Morgan Stanley, has pinpointed how changes in economic freedom correlate with potential investment performance. Along the way he’s learned a thing or two about the power investing can have — and how to wield that power responsibly.

After three brutal years that saw Sri Lanka battered by global forces and crippled by self-inflicted wounds, the South Asian island nation could be poised for recovery. Asia Frontier Capital’s Ruchir Desai and Auerbach Grayson’s Abhijit Kukreji join FMN host Dan Keeler to discuss the prospects for the former frontier-investor darling.

Capital Economics’ chief emerging markets economist William Jackson shares his thoughts on what 2023 will serve up. Spoiler alert: Frontier and emerging markets might recover before the West sees a turnaround.