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1 – 10 of 18The theme it has chosen for its chairmanship is ‘enhancing connectivity and resilience’. The reference to ‘resilience’ is apt, as Laos is attempting to manage severe economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284173
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Separately, the IMF’s Executive Board on March 20 approved a four-year, roughly USD3bn Extended Fund Facility for the country. The approval came around ten months after Sri Lanka…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278564
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He replaces Miftah Ismail, who played a key role in ensuring that Pakistan got its bailout programme with the IMF back on track after a hold-up. Dar faces a tough challenge to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273131
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Laos’s critically low foreign exchange (forex) reserves, significant currency depreciation and high inflation are prompting many external observers to suggest that it could soon…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272363
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As Australia seeks to manage slower demand from China and depressed commodities prices, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called a 'double dissolution' election for July 2…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211578
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CEE markets' resilience to China-induced sell-off.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB203039
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While the G20's new Common Framework for Debt Treatments provides a new mechanism for debt restructuring, it also requires Zambia to convince the IMF that it has disclosed all of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257855
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However, China’s insistence on negotiating debt relief bilaterally and on a loan-by-loan basis will delay efforts to reschedule borrowing, jeopardising Angola’s debt…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257502
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Amid escalating external debt, President Edgar Lungu’s administration recently directed the liquidation of KCM, majority-owned by Vedanta, and is suspected to want to sell these…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246048
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Despite PiS's costly spending pledges, its nationalist and populist views and its strong support for a controversial, Hungarian-style debt-relief scheme for holders of foreign…