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China’s elderly care sector will grow

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CHINA

The surging growth in the elderly population has increased care needs at a time when economic and social change has put more onus on the state to provide or support care. Although…

Prospects for Mexico to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects to end-2019.

Nigerian energy reforms may track wider openings

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NIGERIA

Yet worsening macroeconomic conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a fall in oil prices and declining foreign currency reserves, have forced President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

Ghana’s Akufo-Addo faces economic diplomacy challenges

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GHANA

However, the success of Akufo-Addo's second term could depend in large part upon effective economic diplomacy with regional and international trade partners now the African…

Shrinking workforce will dent East Asia’s economies

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EAST ASIA

Persistently low fertility rates mean that the next decade will see ‘super-aged’ societies not just in China but also in other key East Asian economies, including Hong Kong…

ASEAN integration opens avenue to healthcare investors

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ASEAN

The ASEAN Economic Community and medical investments.

Mexican health tourism may drive sector modernisation

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MEXICO

Tourism in Mexico.

Inequality will deepen global health divide

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INTERNATIONAL

Health and income inequality correlation.

South African lockdown easing will only do so much

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SOUTH AFRICA

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who had been under escalating pressure from business and organised labour to reopen the economy fully, justified the relaxation by citing reductions in…

Japan’s bid to lure foreign workers will be restricted

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JAPAN

Although government efforts including a new visa programme and intern programme have contributed towards rising inflows of foreign workers that have partially eased labour…