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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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Lebanon also only has a caretaker government with restricted powers, at a time when the economy has contracted for four consecutive years. A staff-level IMF package worth USD3bn…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273730
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The missed payment marks the island’s second default of 2017 after missing payments in January. The federal fiscal control board imposed by the US Congress has given the indebted…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217706
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Amid continuing concerns about public spending and debt levels, Laos’s finance ministry in mid-October enacted its largest foreign bond issue yet. An October report by the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225708
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Politics and economics update for Puerto Rico.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229071
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The plan includes ambitious reforms and investment projects, but the Commission’s critical first reactions highlight questions around the feasibility of some of these reforms and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262345
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Central project planning and its impact on regional finances.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249883
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On August 11, Fitch Ratings downgraded Chile’s long-term foreign currency rating to ‘A’ from ‘A+’, its level since 2011. This followed a downgrade by Standard and Poor’s to 'A+'…