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South Sudan faces a bleak development outlook

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SOUTH SUDAN

A 2018 peace agreement was meant to provide space for economic reform and recovery, but it has failed to deliver this. Moreover, the outlook for improvement remains poor.

Jordan’s stalled economy risks rising social tensions

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JORDAN

The economy faces chronic problems of low growth, joblessness and declining living standards, resulting in periodic protests. Its heavy dependence on foreign aid, especially from…

Regional shifts will not slow migration from Eritrea

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ERITREA

Outlook for out-migration from Eritrea.

Reform progress will buoy Somalia’s economic outlook

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SOMALIA

Since then, Somalia has launched important economic reforms in a difficult environment characterised by drought and the side-effects of the war in Ukraine. As a new draft budget…

Angola's renewed China dependence will bring more pain

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ANGOLA

However, China’s insistence on negotiating debt relief bilaterally and on a loan-by-loan basis will delay efforts to reschedule borrowing, jeopardising Angola’s debt…

New Romanian coalition will retreat from reform

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ROMANIA

This autumn, bitter conflict between the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Save Romania Union (USR) ended a brief period of centre-right rule, after years of domination by the…

Cambodia’s Hun Manet will prioritise economy

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CAMBODIA

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) -- led by former premier Hun Sen, Hun Manet’s father -- won 120 out of 125 seats in the National Assembly, the lower house, in last July’s…

New deadline dilemma looms in South Sudan

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SOUTH SUDAN

Little progress has been made since then, including on critical security arrangements, and the parties have given little indication of willingness or capacity to end the deadlock.