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1 – 10 of 28The peso has fallen by 10.5% against the dollar since the start of this year, and the surprise move saw the currency react favourably as the announcement broke the dynamics of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB209551
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Prospects for Africa in the second quarter.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198379
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Lower oil and gas revenues are the major transmission channel of the global crisis to regional economies, but tourism, financial and professional services are also taking a major…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251403
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While international reserves are healthy, that portion held in sovereign wealth funds to support budgetary spending has been severely depleted by government drawdowns, and one of…
The aim was to build on progress made in July when the government secured a three-year IMF Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme. The country’s central bank reported that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216812
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Crude oil is central to South Sudan’s economy, providing between 80% and 90% of government revenue and almost all export earnings. Last year’s oil price shock hit the economy hard…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262423
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The collapse in commodity prices, above all oil, plus the impact of an extended lockdown have depressed Russia's exports, investment and consumption. The economic prospects could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253071
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These shocks will sustain already heightened reform pressures on the government during a period of diminishing public revenue. Security crises across various states and regions…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257599
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Promised extra food rations have yet to appear, deepening economic pressure on households. Last year’s twin shocks of the pandemic and oil-price collapse contributed to a fiscal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260779
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The government has been on a borrowing spree, taking on increasingly expensive loans to address a cash crisis that has affected government service delivery and salary payments…