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1 – 10 of 11The government is attaching high hopes to its digitalisation strategy to stimulate economic growth, increase government efficiency and improve people's quality of life. Despite…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225526
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Erdogan is the second head of government (after Necmettin Erbakan, 1996-97) to emerge from a specifically Islamist political movement. Under his leadership, Islam has become more…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250653
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The government regards joining the OECD as a national objective. Having opened accession negotiations in January 2022 and received its roadmap that June, the publication last…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286221
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It launched the annual forum of ‘Top CEOs’, reflecting rapid changes in Riyadh’s policy over the past year. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aims to increase female…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB232017
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Almost overnight businesses lost contact with their customer base and were largely unable to provide teleworking arrangements for staff. However, larger Greek businesses…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253665
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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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While the government's communications focus on how to stop the pandemic and make the economy more resilient, some of its recent spending decisions seem unrelated to tackling…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260172
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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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Update on Macron’s reform agenda.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238409
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The conservative opposition New Democracy party (ND) leads the incumbent leftist Syriza party by a wide margin of about 7-13 percentage points in public opinion polls. That would…