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The budget was submitted on August 15 and is President Rodrigo Duterte's first. It is mildly expansive, focusing on the new administration's priorities of infrastructure, law and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213194
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The government projects a narrower fiscal deficit. The budget will be the last for a full fiscal year before the 2024 general election, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275818
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The fiscal deficit is projected to be 9.5% of GDP in 2020/21 -- compared with a budgeted 3.5% -- narrowing to 6.8% in 2021/22 and 4.5% by 2025/26. The government is counting on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259393
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The coalition has been in office since October 2017 under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. This budget combines fiscal restraint with increased social, foreign affairs and aid…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233906
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The country is trying to rebuild its economy, which contracted by an estimated 7.6% in 2020. The fallout of the COVID-19 crisis has cut oil and gas income, which contributes about…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265105
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Fourteen days beforehand, Ardern said no new offshore oil and gas exploration permits would be awarded -- evidence she said of the “government of transformation” she promises. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233435
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Impacts and investment needs of South-east Asian urbanisation.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211120
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This was his fifth visit to a South-east Asian neighbour since last November. In another development, in-person peace talks aimed at ending Thailand’s southern insurgency…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267959
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Cambodia economic challenges and reform outlook.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207796
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Incumbent President Francisco Guterres, leader of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin), is aiming for a second five-year term. His main rival is Jose…