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Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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INT

Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow

Tunisian public wage bill will limit state investment

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TUNISIA

Tunis is wary of cutting state jobs -- and thus its salary burden -- which is hampering capital expenditure

Moscow needs strong revenue growth to fund spending

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RUSSIA

Russia plans to increase federal revenues and spending to record levels to fund the war in Ukraine

Warsaw will continue outstripping other Polish regions

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POLAND

The region around Warsaw is a post-transition success story but every other region in Poland lags the EU average

Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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INT

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

Weak long-run growth raises risks to the world economy

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INTERNATIONAL

Global GDP will grow by less this decade than the past unless there is a surprise uptick in productivity

Oil exporters share fiscal troubles, not resilience

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INT

Leading exporters prioritise market share over fiscal considerations -- for now

Wealth shifts across ages will exacerbate inequalities

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INT

Huge wealth transfers from those currently over 60 to the under-60s in the coming decades will have broad implications

Egypt's debt obligations will climb further

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EGYPT

Egypt is set to acquire another IMF loan to deal with the impacts of rising US interest rates and the Ukraine conflict

Gulf cutbacks will harm migrant worker countries

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GULF STATES

Remittances are a major revenue source for poorer countries in the Middle East and Asia