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Mexico's education reform presents a major challenge

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MEXICO

School results have long been weak in Mexico. While, as a proportion of GDP, education expenditure is significant, the system is inefficient, with a large proportion of the budget…

Small size blunts African sovereign wealth funds scope

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AFRICA

African Sovereign Wealth Funds

Ukraine reconstruction needs money and tough oversight

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UKRAINE

The Lugano conference was an important launch-pad for efforts to mobilise international support. The Ukrainian government presented a Recovery and Development Plan, a lengthy but…

Zimbabwe may struggle to resolve its economic crisis

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ZIMBABWE

This translates into soaring prices for essential goods with dire implications for the estimated 43% of the population living in extreme poverty. Contributing to the situation is…

Prospects for Mexico and Central America in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for Mexico and Central America in 2016.

Somali economic reforms will extend beyond debt relief

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SOMALIA

The programme's successful completion demonstrates the government's ability to deliver on reforms despite a difficult environment and clears the way for debt relief under the…

Rising Zimbabwean authoritarianism will dent Mnangagwa

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ZIMBABWE

A violent clampdown on the opposition and civil society groups in January and February prompted the US government to renew sanctions, while the UK government has put cooperation…

Romanian recovery plan renews state capacity doubts

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ROMANIA

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…

Rising Lebanese chaos may hinder elites and protesters

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LEBANON

COVID-19 cases have spiked in the wake of the devastating August 4 explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut, causing mass casualties and forcing the resignation of Prime Minister…