Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the editors at John Wiley & Sons for their unstinting support of this book and their understanding of how authors go about their tasks. Notwithstanding the obvious fact that authors work in words, defining the relationship between publishers, editors and authors reminds one of trying to answer questions such as “How high is up?” and “What is the meaning of life?”—but in the right set of circumstances, the relationship works well. Fortunately we had those circumstances in crafting this book.

I would also like to thank all of the individuals in the United States, Canada and in emerging and frontier markets for freely giving their time and expert knowledge—and for their patience with what might have seemed like endless back checking.

I would also like to thank those sources who for different reasons I have not specifically named here but whose counsel I valued while shaping the text.

Finally, I would certainly like to extend special thanks to Steve Spector, JD, MLS, for his comprehensive research and appreciation of the intricacies of emerging and frontier markets investing.

Al EmidSeptember 2013

I would like to thank first of all my wonderful wife, Perianne, without whose help and support my portion of this book would not have been written.

I would also like to thank Don Loney, our original editor at John Wiley, who had the belief that the market was ready for a book on frontier markets, and David Feather, President and Chief Executive Officer ...

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