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More Turks could lose jobs as COVID-19 plays out

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TURKEY

Hurriyet Editor-in-chief Ahmet Hakan has queried whether Turkey is becoming a society without class or privilege. Well-intentioned anti-crisis policies have widened inequalities…

Pandemic will hit Costa Rica’s welfare systems

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COSTA RICA

A strong healthcare system together with early implementation of social distancing measures and social assistance support has kept contagion levels low. The crisis is nevertheless…

COVID-19 to see social tensions build in Ecuador

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ECUADOR

ECUADOR: COVID-19 to see social tensions build

Pandemic will take heavy economic toll in Colombia

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COLOMBIA

This has triggered a series of economic setbacks. The economy showed modest growth in the first quarter of 2020 before plummeting 15.7% in the second, year-on-year. Various…

COVID-19 will have wide-ranging impacts in Peru

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PERU

The likely impacts of COVID-19.

Armenia and Georgia need external funds for crisis

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ARMENIA/GEORGIA

Commodity exports have been hit in both countries, the Georgian tourism sector has become a source of weakness, and Armenia is exposed to Russia because of trade and labour…

COVID-19 crisis will interrupt Dominican GDP growth

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Dominican Republic and COVID-19.

South African relief plan will not halt further slide

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African relief package.

Revised Mexico death figures may encourage assistance

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MEXICO

MEXICO: Revised death figures may encourage assistance

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…