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1 – 10 of 18Fiscal and monetary stimuli and a policy-induced credit boom have combined with the broad normalisation of social life to contain COVID-19's impact on economic output. However…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257377
ISSN: 2633-304X
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International relations may provide some respite. Recent visits by President Miguel Diaz-Canel to Algiers, Moscow, Istanbul and Beijing prompted several gestures that should ease…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275402
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A rise in cases and deaths has increased pressure on the government over its sluggish vaccine roll-out. Despite an announcement recently that a local laboratory will soon begin…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261206
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In recent years, it has refused foreign aid for disaster relief. In view of its worsening coronavirus outbreak, dozens of countries are now offering supplies such as medical…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261291
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Vaccination, procurement and limited local production are in train but face many systemic obstacles. One state, Turkmenistan, claims it has never had a COVID-19 case, while…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259919
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Russia has a thriving pharmaceutical sector, but companies are struggling to meet the surge in demand for a range of essential drugs. The obstacles come from new supply-chain…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253011
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The pandemic has exposed Europe’s dependence on China for medical equipment, the vulnerability of European firms to Chinese takeovers and China’s lack of transparency in general…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253894
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Meanwhile, its programme to vaccinate the population against the coronavirus is proceeding slowly: fewer than 160,000 of its roughly 98 million people are fully inoculated. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262419
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India suspended its ‘vaccine diplomacy’ in April, choosing to prioritise shots for its own population, as it came under pressure from a massive second wave of COVID-19 infections…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263283
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Optimism is building that there will be progress in dialogue efforts between President Nicolas Maduro's government and US-recognised ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido. The current…