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Sri Lanka will move slowly on further political change

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SRI LANKA

President Ranil Wickremesinghe was prime minister and acting leader when he announced the restrictions. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had days earlier resigned as president in the face of…

Political challenges in Lebanon face the IMF agreement

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LEBANON

The government had met a number of the IMF’s conditions, including the passage of a capital control law and an electricity sector reform plan. It had also completed an audit to…

New lockdown would dampen Japan’s growth again

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JAPAN

Household consumption fuelled half of the rise as government grants to families supported purchases and jobs. The usual comparison with year-earlier figures is blurred because the…

India will lose Iran’s Chabahar port to China

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IRAN/INDIA/CHINA

The temporary nature of this appointment is seen as downgrading Chabahar's significance for Delhi. Iranian-Indian collaboration on the ‘strategic’ development has soured under US…

Ukraine war will hurt Turkey’s economy

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TURKEY

The conflict in Ukraine is a threat to Turkey’s economy. The lira has weakened again, which will push inflation above 60%. Ankara has condemned Moscow’s invasion but is seeking…

Syrian Kurds might lose their US military protection

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SYRIA

The autonomous administration there is under increased pressure, exacerbated by the Gaza conflict, which has resulted in escalating confrontation between pro-Iranian Iraqi…

Zimbabwe may struggle to resolve its economic crisis

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ZIMBABWE

This translates into soaring prices for essential goods with dire implications for the estimated 43% of the population living in extreme poverty. Contributing to the situation is…

Automation to have uneven impact on Sub-Saharan Africa

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AFRICA

This is significant since the region is projected to need 16-20 million new jobs each year to keep pace with population growth.

Inflation will drive social pressures in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

President Alberto Fernandez has appointed new social development and labour ministers, Victoria Tolosa Paz and Raquel Olmos, following the resignations of their predecessors amid…

Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

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INT

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…