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Coca eradication will be a struggle in Colombia

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COLOMBIA

Coca production.

Exports become priority task for Russian agriculture

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RUSSIA

After four years promoting food import substitution, Russia's government is looking to expand exports of foodstuffs including but not restricted to grain. State funding for the…

Brazil's trade deficit highlights deeper economic ills

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BRAZIL

According to Central Bank estimates, a trade deficit of this magnitude increases the current account deficit to around 4% of GDP, the highest in 13 years, and the third-largest…

India's new economic council can weather lower growth

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INDIA

India’s poor growth run continued for a second quarter in April-June, the first quarter of the 2017-18 fiscal year (FY2017-18). Gross value added (GVA) was 5.6%, the slowest in…

Angola's economy faces major risks despite reforms

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ANGOLA

Twice oversubscribed, the success of the bond sale reflects an improvement in investor views of Angola’s economic outlook. In part this responds to the recent rise in oil prices…

Sudan’s new cabinet faces daunting challenges

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SUDAN

The cabinet deviates sharply from the more technocratic cabinets under the transition thus far, as armed opposition and political leaders have now been brought into a much…

Blaming slower GDP on trade risks missing other perils

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INTERNATIONAL

Some of the downside risks the April WEO highlighted have materialised, while the FSR sees higher risks to financial stability. The explanations prioritise trade but many other…

Russian healthcare may pose Putin problems in 2016

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RUSSIA

Russia's healthcare system.

Crisis spurs Cuban monetary reform

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CUBA

This step is essential to advancing the country’s economic reform agenda, but it promises to be tricky, putting pressure on inefficient state companies, threatening savings and…