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Security crisis will drive up emigration from Ecuador

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ECUADOR

The emigration trend nevertheless stretches back long before the pandemic, reflecting poverty and increasing pessimism about the country’s future. The United States remains the…

Malaysia's tourist industry faces terrorism threat

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MALAYSIA

This follows the Australian government's February 21 travel advisory warning of the risk of terrorist attacks on Western-linked sites and tourist destinations in Malaysia and an…

No clear endgame for Kyrgyz war with gold miner

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KYRGYZSTAN

Although tensions around revenue-sharing from the mine have recurred over many years, the government's move to deprive Canada's Centerra Gold of control of KGC (which it owns) and…

China's foreign investments will be more risk-averse

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CHINA

However, large Chinese acquisitions of high-tech companies in the West are increasingly perceived as a security threat and face tightening restrictions, making Chinese firms…

Turkey's EU accession process is sick but not dead

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TURKEY/EU

The prospects for Turkey's EU membership bid.

'Near-shoring' may bring FDI to Eastern Europe

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EASTERN EUROPE

Countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary have attracted major investment into manufacturing. A new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) could drive functional upgrading of…

Political crisis to hinder Nicaragua economic recovery

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NICARAGUA

However, the prospects of a sustained recovery are clouded by fiscal weakness, a precarious balance-of-payments position, a deteriorating business environment and the threat of…

Prospects for COVID-19 to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

COVID-19 remains a complex disease due to lack of effective treatment, uncertainty around variants, marked differences by country and region on vaccination progress, and…

Costa Rica could become key US ally in region

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COSTA RICA/US

Costa Rica-US relations.

Malaysia will avoid major changes in foreign policy

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MALAYSIA

Malaysia's new government's foreign policy.