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Lacklustre schools to limit South Africa skills plan

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SOUTH AFRICA

The state of education and skills in South Africa.

Medina win may foster complacency in Dominican Republc

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Full results are expected later today. Medina's party, the centre-left Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), is also likely to get a majority in Congress and in the Senate, and…

Rousseff weakness may hit Brazil education reforms

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BRAZIL

The prospects for education reform.

Skills gap will hinder South African growth plans

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SOUTH AFRICA

Last month, the budget increased education spending from 296 billion rand (22.8 billion dollars) to 321 billion rand (24.7 billion dollars), remaining constant at 6.8% of GDP and…

Chile's higher education reform faces uncertain future

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CHILE

Higher education reform.

Pandemic will worsen Latin American education outlook

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LATIN AMERICA

As of October 2020, only 13 countries in the region had fully reopened schools, UNICEF says. While in other parts of the world schools have gradually returned to in-classroom…

Latin American universities expand but quality lags

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LATIN AMERICA

Tertiary education in Latin America.

China will slowly move to target risks instead of GDP

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CHINA

China's economy grew by 6.9% year-on-year in the April-June quarter of 2017, in line with the 6.5-7.0% target. Marked growth in exports drove GDP expansion and combined with…

Africa's poverty reduction goals are ambitious

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AFRICA

Outlook for poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

Iranian aviation expansion may disappoint

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IRAN

Uncertainties over US policy have slowed President Hassan Rouhani's efforts to showcase the success of the 2015 nuclear agreement, and the consequent lifting of many economic…