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1 – 10 of 16In this context, he faces major challenges, having promised a policy broadly in line with IMF recommendations -- to strengthen fiscal and debt management, widen the tax base…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273410
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SOMALIA: Finance dispute poses test for president
National currencies have depreciated against the dollar, pushing central banks to act to restore price stability. Political instability has seriously dampened growth, and protests…
However, despite an improving post-electoral outlook, the economic challenges facing the country -- including restoring progress towards debt relief, improving domestic revenue…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272305
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Kenyan fiscal pressures.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221761
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However, with a second wave underway and the mining and tourism sectors -- key foreign exchange earners -- upended, he recently changed tack, authorising an immunisation programme…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260870
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Various restrictions are being eased, and parts of the economy gradually reopened, although a sanitary cordon around Luanda remains. Angola has 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252879
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Since the abandonment of the multi-currency regime in June, the new Zimbabwe dollar has lost almost 60% of its value relative to the US dollar. The parallel market for foreign…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246811
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In practice, politics remains mired in factional corruption, and the economy is stagnant. Poverty and food insecurity levels are alarmingly high, and other human development…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258032
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The presidential election will take place on April 11 and parliamentary elections are scheduled for October. As the country prepares for the polls, security challenges and…