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1 – 10 of 24Pichai Chunhavajira, an experienced businessman who has held various important positions previously, was named as the new finance minister, taking over the role from the premier…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286823
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Numerous domestic and external shocks have rocked the macroeconomic environment in recent years, aggravating high inflation and chronic foreign exchange (forex) shortages…
ETHIOPIA: EU aid provides political and economic win
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES282419
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The impasse ended with an agreement on forming a probe commission. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’) is trying to manage the fallout from other controversies as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281608
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EGYPT: Cairo will seek aid to host Sudanese refugees
The government hopes this plan will above all inject fresh foreign currency into the cash-starved economy. Recently, it has had to manage its dwindling foreign exchange (forex…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273525
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However, in 2021 they will all face two common challenges: recovering from major economic shocks in 2020 and reorienting to US policy shifts under a Biden presidency. From…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257604
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According to its Global Economic Prospects report, the bank forecast a modest increase in GDP growth in 2015 to 2.0%, up from an estimated 1.5% in 2014. Since 2011, the economy…
The report has dominated the economic news in South Sudan as macroeconomic conditions in the country have deteriorated rapidly. Soaring inflation, low oil prices and a persistent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213739
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Both are desperately needed, as G20 debt service relief will soon expire, and as the conflict in northern Ethiopia increasingly strains the economy and the government’s finances.