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New UK immigration plans will favour non-EU migrants

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK immigration plans.

Cuba will struggle to keep inflation at bay

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CUBA

So far, state-sector price controls and price caps on food and private markets have prevented runaway inflation. However, producers are withholding goods or selling on the black…

Technology delivers mixed development gains in Africa

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AFRICA

However, early hopes that digital technology would rapidly overcome the continent’s infrastructural weaknesses and enable governments to achieve 2030 UN Sustainable Development…

COVID-19 shocks point to recession in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

The economic impact of COVID-19.

Brazil's private sector may move on ethnic inequality

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BRAZIL

The backlash not only caused immediate protests nationwide, but also heightened the focus on persistent racism. On average, Black and mixed-race people face higher unemployment…

Costa Rica migration reforms will be limited

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COSTA RICA

It does so in a complicated migratory environment. Migration flows are diversifying and show no sign of abating, anti-migration movements are vocal, press coverage of the issue is…

Omicron will slow but not weaken German recovery

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GERMANY

Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann stated that the “recovery has been somewhat pushed back” by the impact of supply chain restrictions, the rising costs of raw materials and…

Guatemala’s economy on the way to recovery

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GUATEMALA

National GDP nevertheless contracted by just 1.5% in 2020 -- less than almost any other country in Latin America. Resilient remittances and exports, coupled with unprecedented…

Policy inconsistency will damage Brazilian economy

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BRAZIL

President Jair Bolsonaro on February 19 announced the change on Twitter. There was major market turmoil, as investors interpreted it as a sign that Bolsonaro was abandoning the…

Digital trade will help spur Singapore economy

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SINGAPORE

The government is urging local companies to adopt digital solutions to meet the challenges of the post-pandemic period. Meanwhile, it has tightened regulations on hiring of…