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Budget and climate pressures affect the growth outlook

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INT

OECD economies will be under increasing strain to decarbonise while also keeping their budget balances sustainable

Succession risks cloud Africa's transition outlook

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AFRICA

Regime stability -- rather than democratic competitiveness -- is a better barometer of smooth political transition

Prosperity and sustainability show little correlation

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INT

The mismatch between economic prosperity and environmental sustainability impedes national and global climate action

States of the wider Gulf vary over energy transition

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MIDDLE EAST

Despite strong climate rhetoric by some, the pragmatic focus is on maximising medium-term oil and gas output

Low participation rate points up Croatia’s slow reform

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CROATIA

Croatia’s low labour force participation rates stem from a relatively unreformed economy with a large informal sector

More Eastern EU migrants may leave as Brexit nears

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UK/EU

Turnaround in Eastern EU migration appears due to declining UK attractiveness, as a workplace and as somewhere to live

Czech population will rise as others in region fall

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EUROPE

CEE is notoriously depopulated, particularly by emigration, but the most successful transition states buck that trend

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

London’s large economic lead over EU cities may narrow

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INT

Global power and financial centres indices for 2017 show London maintains a huge lead over other EU cities

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