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1 – 10 of 14It followed the EU’s disbursement on April 25 of a third lending tranche of EUR1.5bn (USD1.65bn) from its EUR18.0bn macro-financial assistance package. In both cases, the money…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278935
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The role of 'mega-foundations' in aid programmes to developing countries.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210952
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The comments come as the World Bank is pressing donors to provide at least 65 billion dollars for the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank's financing arm for…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212597
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The economy has been growing respectably, helped by rising exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI), the ECB's quantitative easing and large inflows of EU structural funds…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210465
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Despite a series of IMF programmes since 1989, public sector debt levels have climbed to worrying heights, driven by deficits on both fiscal and current account accounts. Jordan’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270291
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Activists had threatened more protests if progress were not achieved by that deadline. There have been no reforms as yet and a new draft income-tax law offered for public…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238676
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The government had met a number of the IMF’s conditions, including the passage of a capital control law and an electricity sector reform plan. It had also completed an audit to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB268508
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A profile of Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206736
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The economy is weak and needs financial support. Debt restructuring is part of Ukraine's new IMF extended fund facility (EFF) programme, which itself should unlock a larger rescue…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198607
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The government has been attempting to implement reforms aimed at addressing the country’s soaring public debt but has faced popular resistance. Most recently, strike action by the…