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Politics will not mar Paraguay's economic outlook

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PARAGUAY

The Central Bank has revised upwards its 2017 growth forecast from 3.7% to 4.2%. Forecasts by the IMF and World Bank remain lower at around 3.3% and 3.6% respectively, based…

Pakistan’s economic woes will intensify

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PAKISTAN

In March, the government unveiled a PKR1.2tn package of fiscal stimulus to help mitigate the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis. Pakistan is relying on support from the IMF…

Argentine economic outlook will worsen this year

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ARGENTINA

The severe drought’s impact on export earnings has fuelled fears of devaluation, increasing exchange pressures and forcing the government to implement further domestic debt swaps…

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…

Technology import substitution fits wider Russian aims

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RUSSIA

Russian import substitution for machinery and equipment.

Pakistan will have to rely more on IMF

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PAKISTAN

Pakistan's economic woes.

Russia will promote grain sales while limiting imports

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RUSSIA

Russian food production and export prospects.

Cash crisis clouds Uganda’s economic outlook

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UGANDA

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…

Post-Cotonou agreement will challenge African states

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AFRICA/EU

The treaty includes joint commitments to improving human rights and gender equality. Perhaps more notably, it also implicitly crystallises the EU’s commitment to implementation of…

Western Balkan growth is over-dependent on EU

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BALKANS

Western Balkan growth prospects.