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Energy reforms and social conflicts.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB219949
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Gordhan outlined a programme of tax increases for South Africa’s highest-earners, in addition to increased educational and social security spending. The budget attempted to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218251
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Infrastructure investments arising from auctions planned in 2023 and 2024 are expected to reach BRL125.4bn. However, infrastructure needs are vast and remain an obstacle to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281387
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Political contention between central and local government.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213685
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Petro is uncomfortable with public-private partnerships, but appears willing to look beyond that in pursuit of broader development goals; improved infrastructure is considered…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274590
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Three of his most important flagship projects, the Olmeca-Dos Bocas oil refinery, the Maya Train and the Tehuantepec Isthmus Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT), are located in the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282285
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AMLO announced the project would be mothballed on October 29, following an ad hoc public consultation carried out between October 25 and 28. The new administration will instead…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239806
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Colombia is yet formally to endorse China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but may do so under President Gustavo Petro. Although Chinese investment offers major potential…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279281
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The future ministers are a mixture of her own allies and those of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), signalling the power and influence that the departing president is likely to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288865
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President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo -- whose second and final five-year term will end in October -- subsequently insisted that Nusantara’s development would continue. Defence Minister…