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Beirut faces a massive challenge on aid and reform

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LEBANON

The government has drawn up a detailed document setting out the gravity of the country’s economic plight and requesting over 10 billion dollars of additional aid from the IMF and…

Ideologues will still oppose privatisation in Greece

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GREECE

Greece's new asset development fund.

Austerity will bring political challenges in Sri Lanka

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SRI LANKA

The government’s commitment to fiscal consolidation is aimed at pleasing the IMF, with which Sri Lanka recently reached a staff-level agreement on a four-year, USD2.9bn bailout…

Myanmar economic policy gaps may deter investors

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MYANMAR

This is consistent with elements of the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government's economic policy that was finally released on July 29, four months after the party went…

Politics will exacerbate Lebanon’s economic crises

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LEBANON

Lebanon also only has a caretaker government with restricted powers, at a time when the economy has contracted for four consecutive years. A staff-level IMF package worth USD3bn…

Beirut may miss out on brighter growth prospects

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LEBANON

The wage scale law was cast into question when a contentious tax hike law intended to fund it was annulled by the Constitutional Council on September 22, partly on the grounds…

Uganda energy moves pose risks for the president

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UGANDA

Political economy of energy in Uganda.

Foreign investor interest in Mexico will endure

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MEXICO

This represents the third-highest quarterly inflow ever recorded and comes despite concerns over the nationalistic rhetoric and actions of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador…

Western Balkan states to feel EU Energy Union impact

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BALKANS

The implications of the EU's planned Energy Union for the Western Balkans.

Sri Lanka will move slowly on further political change

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SRI LANKA

President Ranil Wickremesinghe was prime minister and acting leader when he announced the restrictions. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had days earlier resigned as president in the face of…