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1 – 10 of 54He called the vote after a junior partner left the ruling coalition. The main governing partner to Prachanda’s Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) is KP Sharma Oli’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287580
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Issues such as soaring inflation, currency depreciation and debt repayment problems are having a major impact on the economy. The World Bank estimates that GDP grew by 3.7% in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287447
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President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo -- whose second and final five-year term will end in October -- subsequently insisted that Nusantara’s development would continue. Defence Minister…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287814
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CHINA: Budget spending to lift infrastructure and GDP
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286992
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Although its investments in Africa have attracted considerable attention, the vast majority of China's OFDI has gone to Asia, principally Hong Kong and a few financial centres…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287237
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A key driving factor was soaring government consumption ahead of the February general election, which included the race to succeed Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo as president, won by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287205
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Thailand is devoting more attention to foreign policy under Srettha. The fallout from the 2006 and 2014 coups adversely affected its foreign relations, but it retains an important…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285133
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Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban want production to expand to 19,000 b/d shortly. They are counting on the extractives sector to help boost revenue and shore up the flailing economy.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284299
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In late August, they landed near the lunar south pole. India thereby became the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the moon, and the first to do so in the lunar south…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282587
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The policy involves restricting exports of certain raw materials in an attempt to encourage greater value-added processing domestically. The government banned exports of nickel…