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Weaker finance context would test all emerging markets

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INTERNATIONAL

These markets are benefitting from the softer US dollar and improved investor perceptions of central bank credibility. However, destabilising factors loom on the horizon.

'Zombie' firms will drag down economic growth

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CHINA

China's efforts to shut down poorly performing state enterprises.

South Africa urban reforms will weigh on 2016 election

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SOUTH AFRICA

Urban governance in South Africa.

Bankruptcy rules will improve SME efficiency in China

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CHINA

However, the sector is held back by inefficiency in resolving financial distress, which prevents effective restructuring, closure and, more broadly, access to bank finance…

Prospects for the global economy in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for the global economy in 2023.

South Africa's universities face major funding crisis

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SOUTH AFRICA

Outlook for higher education in South Africa.

Policy easing will aid China’s property sector

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CHINA

After the government issued regulations to curb property developer borrowing in 2020, developers suffered a liquidity crisis and struggled to deliver pre-sold homes. Consumers…

South Africa debt crisis threatens municipal solvency

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SOUTH AFRICA

Until recently, worsening indicators were confined to small-town and rural areas, but now, as the report highlights, the problem has spread to major metropolitan local government…

Ghana's IMF compliance to be highly uneven

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GHANA

Ghana's IMF deal.

Sound finances will help Russia navigate dual shocks

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RUSSIA

The collapse in commodity prices, above all oil, plus the impact of an extended lockdown have depressed Russia's exports, investment and consumption. The economic prospects could…