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1 – 10 of 17The economy faces chronic problems of low growth, joblessness and declining living standards, resulting in periodic protests. Its heavy dependence on foreign aid, especially from…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280803
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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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VENEZUELA: Referendum 'purge' will boost frictions
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES213207
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Turnout, at over 58%, was the highest since 1974. Petro’s largest leads were recorded in coastal departments (regions); he also secured a majority in Bogota. Although he has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271002
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Irish government performance.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244057
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The conservative opposition New Democracy party (ND) leads the incumbent leftist Syriza party by a wide margin of about 7-13 percentage points in public opinion polls. That would…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244996
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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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Prospects for Turkey to end-2017.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221613
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Prospects for Western Europe in 2020.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247877
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Authorities took too long to adjust the exchange-rate regime under pressure from falling oil prices, wasting resources that could have been used to shore up the banking sector…