Private equity comes to Bhutan

Foreign investors see opportunity in the kingdom's cash-strapped companies

Bhutan’s economy is among Asia’s fastest growing, but private companies like Gagyel Lhundrup Weaving Centre lack sufficient access to capital. (Courtesy MyBhutan.com)

ZACH COLEMAN, Nikkei Asian Review deputy editor

February 1, 2018 10:00 JST

HONG KONG Bhutan is one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia, but the Himalayan kingdom has a fundamental problem: Its private sector is relatively underdeveloped and starved for capital.