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Pension reform could derail France’s Macron

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FRANCE

Macron’s economic reform agenda.

Canberra may need to split workplace reform efforts

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AUSTRALIA

These changes, which focus particularly on casual workers, faced particular lobbying from parts of the business sector, which described them as costly and unnecessary, but they…

Industry 4.0 will arrive unevenly

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INTERNATIONAL

Outlook for industry 4.0.

Uganda faces complex COVID-19 challenges

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UGANDA

Uganda's COVID-19 challenges.

Western Balkans will be laggards in coal phase-out

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BALKANS

Even though the region is heavily dependent on highly polluting fossil fuel installations, coal phase-out plans in the region are weak or non-existent. What is more, declarative…

Australia's new labour reforms strengthen employees

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AUSTRALIA

Many of the changes were part of Labor’s election campaign in May, and others followed the government’s job summit in September, but last-minute changes involved multi-employer…

Poor productivity undermines Brazil's economic outlook

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BRAZIL

While the current troubles stem largely from unsuccessful policies adopted in the recent past, Brazil has underperformed since the 1980s. At the root of this situation is the…

Pandemic will take heavy economic toll in Colombia

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COLOMBIA

This has triggered a series of economic setbacks. The economy showed modest growth in the first quarter of 2020 before plummeting 15.7% in the second, year-on-year. Various…

EU may fall behind on innovation

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EU

More than half the total growth in output of developed countries over the past 30 years resulted from innovation, according to OECD estimates. Promoting innovation has thus become…