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Prospects for African economies to end-2018

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PROSPECTS H2 2018

Prospects for African Economies.

Petrobras undermines Brazil's investment efforts

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BRAZIL

A lagging economy, declining global commodity prices and the crippling corruption crisis affecting state-owned oil giant Petrobras (estimated at 17 billion dollars in losses) have…

Price protests may not bring down Azerbaijani regime

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AZERBAIJAN

Authorities took too long to adjust the exchange-rate regime under pressure from falling oil prices, wasting resources that could have been used to shore up the banking sector…

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…

Prospects for South-east Asia in the fourth quarter

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PROSPECTS Q4 2015

Prospects for South-east Asia in the fourth quarter.

Prospects for Mexico in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Crime and insecurity continue to worsen, while protests over myriad issues are becoming more common. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) will probably have to forge a…

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…

Malaysian budget failure could see leadership change

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MALAYSIA

Najib denied that Malaysia faced an economic crisis akin to that of 1997-98. The budget revision reaffirmed the government's commitment to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), to be…

Prospects for Nigeria in 2017

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PROSPECTS 2017

Prospects for Nigeria in 2017.

Prospects for the Andean region in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for the Andean region in 2018.