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Taiwan infrastructure plan risks corruption and waste

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TAIWAN

The Taiwanese government's infrastructure investment plan.

New Brazil industrial plan will face uncertainties

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BRAZIL

The plan covers six priority areas: agro-industry, health, infrastructure and mobility, digital transformation, bio-economy and defence. Most of the BRL300bn (USD60bn) in…

Infrastructure budget will boost Taiwan economy

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TAIWAN

TAIWAN: Infrastructure budget will boost economy

The White House is finalising its infrastructure push

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UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES: Infrastructure push is taking shape

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe to end-2020.

Albania’s tourist boom will endure

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ALBANIA

Albanian tourism is booming. The country has posted Europe’s strongest growth in terms of overnight stays (the EU average was 13%). More than 60% of bookings came from foreign…

Investing in people is key to a sustainable recovery

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INT

The pandemic has damaged human and social capital; both are key to economic prospects but under-recorded in GDP accounts

Prospects for the global economy to end-2020

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PROSPECTS 2020 H2

COVID-19 dominates the scenarios for the next six months, which range from a swift sharp recovery to another dramatic fall in activity. Policy responses, financial markets…

Digitalisation will divide and drive economic progress

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INTERNATIONAL

Digitalisation and developing economies.

EU green ambitions are strongly reflected in budget

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EU

Overall, some 30% of the budget will involve climate-related spending. One of the key reforms concerns the EU’s own resources mechanism to finance spending, with plans to…