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Rising inequality elicits policy silence in India

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INDIA

Inequality and the policy response.

Frente Amplio will struggle to reach run-off in Chile

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CHILE

On July 2, the Frente Amplio (FA), a new left-wing alliance, held a primary election to select its presidential candidate. Building on FA’s participation in last year’s municipal…

Trump-Guterres alliance may deliver UN reform

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INT

The meeting comes shortly after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres published an ambitious blueprint for reform of the UN development system -- the product of months of internal…

Incentives may fuel East Africa green transport growth

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EAST AFRICA

Driven in part by foreign exchange shortages and petroleum import costs, the measure also seeks to leverage Ethiopia’s own electricity resources to underpin a new ‘green…

Arevalo seeks Guatemala mining harmony and prosperity

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GUATEMALA

The sector will nevertheless remain mired in uncertainty for some time to come due to grassroots opposition, government efforts to overhaul sector regulations, and mining…

NLD will push Myanmar banking reform in 2016

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MYANMAR

Myanmar banking reform outlook.

Mexico education system is unlikely to improve

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MEXICO

Education reform.

Corruption curbs usher in reform plans in Peru

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PERU

A corruption scandal in government, to which Kuczynski's administration has responded speedily, points to the difficulties in pursuing an agenda of rooting out such behaviour from…

Myanmar stock market needs time for success

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MYANMAR

Having a platform to raise capital and a secondary market in which to trade company shares should eventually help address one of the largest constraints on domestic business…

Romania will not meet OECD goals by date set

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ROMANIA

The government regards joining the OECD as a national objective. Having opened accession negotiations in January 2022 and received its roadmap that June, the publication last…