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Peru is already in technical recession, reflecting both adverse domestic and international conditions. Private investment, including in the all-important mining sector, has…
Poverty and income inequality.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197322
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The country’s poverty rate stood at 52.4% in 2020 according to the World Bank, a 5-percentage-point increase on the level prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank…
President Nayib Bukele is highly popular, having implemented hard-line security policies that have reduced murder rates dramatically. He was re-elected in February by a landslide…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286620
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Living standards are set to decrease further, with the number of Africans in poverty projected to rise for the first time in two decades. Current debt relief initiatives look…
The long-postponed move is essential but will send shockwaves through the economy. Inflation and currency flight will soar. Salary and pension hikes will be quickly eaten up by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258191
ISSN: 2633-304X
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With Milei now predicting six months of stagflation and up to two years to reduce inflation from triple digits, dollarisation appears to have been shelved. Instead, he seems…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283767
ISSN: 2633-304X
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COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252544
ISSN: 2633-304X
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A lack of fiscal buffers to mitigate the pandemic’s dramatic consequences has increased Haiti’s dependence on international financial assistance, while a recent earthquake has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263879
ISSN: 2633-304X
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It forecasts that although activity will contract this year, growth in 2021 will be stronger than expected before the pandemic.