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1 – 10 of 13The IMF recently recommended structural reforms to bolster the economy, which has struggled to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brunei has long been reliant on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284691
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the world’s few remaining absolute monarchs, faces a tough challenge to turn around the pandemic-hit economy. Brunei is struggling to make up for…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274971
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Spending will be cut by nearly 2% this year to keep the budget in a slight surplus. Russian policymakers face a now familiar trade-off between their desire for fiscal rectitude…
Trump on March 16 ordered social distancing and many businesses’ closure for 15 days, to slow COVID-19’s spread and avoid overwhelming hospitals. Transport, tourism, leisure…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251565
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Tax reform efforts in the Philippines.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214157
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The budget earmarks additional funding for a six-year 'national strategy' for growth and development, yet still envisages a surplus in each of the next three years and an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239976
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AMLO's progress.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245509
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However, he will lack the commodity boom-related revenue that fuelled such programmes. Bolivia has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic; GDP is forecast to contract by between…
The governing coalition has a comfortable parliamentary majority, but faces gathering concerns over Prime Minister Robert Fico's health, teachers' protests over wages and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210668
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The collapse of world market prices of oil and natural gas since early March will have a severe impact on the finances of the Algerian government, which relies on hydrocarbons…