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Democrats and moderate Republicans voted against the Agriculture and Nutrition Act 2018 because it contained measures they oppose to tighten welfare entitlements, specifically…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB234038
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Deteriorating crime levels in Rio de Janeiro.
The view that corruption has worsened in recent years is nevertheless widespread, and jadedness with past promises looks likely to undermine faith in the credibility of the latest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287313
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Claver-Carone, a Cuban-American, could alter perceptions of the Bank’s traditional technical role in the region; his appointment is likely intended as a response to growing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253971
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The New Growth Strategy 4.0 is the latest of several industrial strategies over the past decade and a half, as successive presidents have sought responses to gradually slowing GDP…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280026
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When Bolsonaro was elected in 2018, he enjoyed widespread private-sector support based on promises to implement radical free-market reforms and sound monetary and fiscal policies…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272999
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The government has locked the country down for four weeks and legislated to borrow up 52 million dollars (30.7 million US dollars), equivalent to 17% of GDP. The Reserve Bank of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251716
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison, leader of the Liberal-National coalition, is personally popular but the coalition's electoral appeal is limited because of its handling of the…
President-elect Donald Trump plans to expand military spending as part of his "America First" foreign policy but has so far offered few details of how this expansion will be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217332
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It was the most formidable Pacific storm to hit Mexico in at least 30 years, and took both the government and the population largely by surprise. Disaster risk analysis firm Enki…