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United World’s Michael Martinez McGough and Laura Llames interview Maria Eugenia Lloreda Piedrahita, Executive Director of Invest Pacific, a public-private non-profit organization founded in 2010 as an initiative of the Chamber of Commerce of Cali that seeks to attract new domestic and foreign direct investment to Colombia's Valle del Cauca department. Invest Pacific has already supported the reinvestment of some major multinationals already installed in the valley, such as Unilever, which built a new factory when it bought Colgate-Palmolive’s laundry detergent brands in Colombia for $215 million

Colombia maintains a close relationship with the United States, not only culturally and economically, but also with regard to regional security and the fight against terrorism and drugs. It is also a proponent of reduced barriers to labor, finance and trade flows in the Pacific region to raise its appeal to European and Asian investors

One of the four joint ventures between domestic and foreign banks in Saudi Arabia, Banque Saudi Fransi is the market leader in corporate banking and project finance and has contributed tremendously to the development of infrastructure in the kingdom in its three and a half decades of activity

When Yingluck Shinawatra became Thailand's first ever female Prime Minister following her landslide victory in the August 2011 elections

Internationally, Thailand is most strongly associated with tourism, and rightly so.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's political touches are finally bringing together all the necessary approvals for a grand rail project that has been discussed for years as part of a push to boost connectivity at the strategic heart of Southeast Asia.

According to Srirat Rastapana, Director General of the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), roughly 95 per cent of Thailand's economy is comprised of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Global expansion has driven PTT, the state-owned and SET-listed oil and gas company, into the Fortune Global 100 eight years ahead of target

The brewer of Thailand's best-selling Chang beer is evolving from a single-country consumer business to a significant regional multinational. Having expanded its drinks and property empire after an epic battle to control the venerable Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave, the family-run company is entering a tougher and more sophisticated era with global reach

The Thai beverage conglomerate has broadened its product portfolio to satisfy new customers in an ever-expanding market