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Thai government will aim for quick budget disbursement

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THAILAND

THAILAND: Government seeks quick budget disbursement

Disbursement will burnish Greece’s reform credentials

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GREECE/EU

GREECE/EU: Disbursement burnishes reform credentials

Ghana faces potential obstacles in debt talks

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GHANA

This follows a January agreement with official creditors, who are owed approximately USD5.4bn. That allowed the country to receive the second disbursement of USD600mn from the IMF…

Ukraine can pile up debt without default risk for now

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UKRAINE

It followed the EU’s disbursement on April 25 of a third lending tranche of EUR1.5bn (USD1.65bn) from its EUR18.0bn macro-financial assistance package. In both cases, the money…

New moves will not ease confidence crisis in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The moves followed a peso depreciation of nearly 21% during the last week of August. The measures aim to ease investor doubts over the government’s ability to overcome the…

Doubts rise over future EU funding for Central Europe

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The outlook for continued EU structural fund inflows.

South Sudan may struggle to attract oil investment

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SOUTH SUDAN

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…

Zambia edges towards a resolution of its debt crisis

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ZAMBIA

The deal also appears to have satisfied official creditors, which had blocked an earlier deal on the basis that it granted bondholders more favourable terms than official…

Military will obstruct economic reforms in Egypt

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EGYPT

These include publishing a strategy document on changing the state's role in the economy and placing the assets of five companies, two of them owned by the military, with the…

Debt swap will offer only slight relief in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The domestic bond market has recently faced massive sell-offs amid increasing doubts over the sustainability of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) signed with the IMF in March; the…