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New Five-Year Plan will set China on course to 2049

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CHINA

Sectoral and regional five-year plans drafted on the basis of the national plan will then set out in detail measures that change the policy, regulatory or competitive environment…

Shallower recession will not boost Russia's GDP hopes

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RUSSIA

The ministry's optimism is based on a recovery in global oil prices, the limited effects of COVID-19 lockdown measures on industries and businesses, and a rebound in domestic…

Anti-virus measures will hurt Greek economic revival

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GREECE

In Greece, a country of 10 million people, 114 patients are in intensive care for COVID-19, of whom 35 are breathing through tubes (‘intubated’). The vulnerability of the…

Factors encouraging Lithuanians to emigrate will fall

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LITHUANIA

Before COVID-19 intervened, economic growth, rising wages, the development of high-tech sectors and Brexit were encouraging immigration. In 2019, 51% of immigrants were…

Prospects for South-east Asia in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for South-east Asia in 2023.

Romania will not meet OECD goals by date set

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ROMANIA

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…

Lasso faces major economic challenges in Ecuador

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ECUADOR

Lasso has promised to maintain the pro-market policies of the last four years, hoping they will revive Ecuador’s stagnant economy as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic subside…

Strong finances will help Russia fund budget deficit

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RUSSIA

Hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and plummeting global energy prices in the first half of the year, the government drew on its substantial reserves to fund fiscal stimulus and…

IMF deal may aid economic stabilisation in Suriname

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SURINAME

This is positive news for the country, which experienced a sharp economic decline in 2020 and had been struggling to bolster economic activity for several years before that. New…

Vote narratives have no lasting relevance for Russians

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RUSSIA

The changes enable Vladimir Putin to run for the presidency again in 2024 and 2030, despite his repeated promises not to do so. As the authorities went all-out to secure the right…