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More Turks could lose jobs as COVID-19 plays out

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TURKEY

Hurriyet Editor-in-chief Ahmet Hakan has queried whether Turkey is becoming a society without class or privilege. Well-intentioned anti-crisis policies have widened inequalities…

More Mexico jobs will not necessarily mean good jobs

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MEXICO

It shows that by the end of the year, 56.6 million people were employed, 3.5 million more than in the same period of 2020 and 1.5 million more than in the first quarter of 2020…

Bolivia inequality progress may be slow to recover

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BOLIVIA

The success is reducing the Gini coefficient from 0.61 in 2002 was based mainly on reducing poverty through greater state investment and increased employment, rather than measures…

New Colombian fiscal reform will pass but is flawed

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COLOMBIA

The plan avoids new taxes on individuals, instead increasing the fiscal burden on firms. The proposed measures aim to generate COP15.2tn (USD3.9bn) in new revenue, which would be…

Pandemic education losses to worsen Mexico inequality

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MEXICO

Concerns about the Omicron variant saw twelve states reject Ministry of Education (SEP) calls for in-person pre-primary, primary and lower-secondary classes to resume on January…

COVID-19 exposes vulnerabilities in Russian Caucasus

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RUSSIA

Healthcare provision is poorer than Russia's average, and a dearth of personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators has compounded infection rates. Informal and migratory…

Moreno eyes private sector to overcome Ecuador crisis

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ECUADOR

Lockdown measures have helped stem contagion but have had a devasting impact on the economy. Market liberalisation and debt renegotiation efforts place most of the burden of…

Costa Rica’s pandemic response faces political hurdles

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COSTA RICA

In August, it asked the IMF for a USD1.75bn credit under the Extended Fund Facility. This will come on top of the USD504mn approved by the IMF for emergency financial assistance…

COVID-19 may hit less resilient EU eastern areas more

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EU

At least in the EU’s eleven eastern member states (EU-11), there has been significant if slow progress in lifting standards of living across the board in the past decade…

South African relief plan will not halt further slide

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African relief package.