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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

Africa’s economic crisis will escalate debt crisis

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AFRICA

Debt sustainability is a major concern as African economies reel from the worst economic crisis in decades

Arab states will struggle to reduce youth unemployment

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MIDDLE EAST

State dominance and high birth rates undermine regional states' ability to create enough jobs for the young

Without radical reform Greece will run up more debt

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GREECE

Decades of fiscal deficits, not just recent indiscipline, piled up Greece's debt mountain

Pandemic will strengthen support for digital identity

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INT

Legal identity for all is one of the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

Russia’s high employment masks widespread poverty

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RUSSIA

The ‘working poor’ are far more common among state employees than in the private sector

The Saudi government will encourage female employment

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SAUDI ARABIA

Women’s labour force participation is helping expand the private sector’s contribution to the economy

Official aid is under pressure; private aid is growing

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INT

Large US budget cuts risk squeezing public foreign aid, but more private co-funding may fill some of the gap

Debt strains will rise in Middle East and North Africa

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MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA

External debt indicators have worsened in past decade in some Middle Eastern and North African countries

Private money will transform US space industry

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UNITED STATES

Three space companies founded by billionaires have recently begun carrying passengers to space