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France’s economic plan focuses on short and long term

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FRANCE

Amid one of the steepest economic contractions in Europe, with GDP expected to shrink by 11% this year, the relaunch programme aims to reduce the tax burden on business and to…

New Zealand parties prepare for election fight

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NEW ZEALAND

Housing and infrastructure will be leading election issues: on January 29, Ardern’s Labour-led coalition government revealed that nearly half of a new 12-billion-dollar…

Food insecurity risks unrest across North Africa

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NORTH AFRICA

Food insecurity in North Africa.

Economic improvements in Mali will be too slow

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MALI

Ranked 184th out of 189 countries in the UN’s 2019 Human Development Index, Mali faces long-standing economic and development challenges. In addition, the north and east of the…

EU’s green agenda will expose large divergences

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EUROPE

The extent of their preparedness reflects a combination of willingness and ability. Willingness is evident in government policy and in the public's environmental consciousness and…

US shipping sector will react to long-term changes

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UNITED STATES

China-US trade tensions are affecting global trade patterns, and this includes the outlook for US shipping -- an industry which itself faces a changing operating environment as…

Russia seeks return to oil growth despite demand fall

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RUSSIA

Once the worst of the dual COVID-19 and low-price crises is over, it assumes a return to higher-volume production to support the domestic oil industry and the high export and…

Trudeau gambles by calling election two years early

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CANADA

Trudeau believes he can win back the parliamentary majority lost in 2019 by campaigning on his government’s response to the pandemic and its plans to combat climate change. The…

Prospects for the global economy to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

However, supply is struggling to keep pace with demand, and dislocation effects plus shortages of some critical goods and workers are raising prices. GDP growth forecasts for 2021…

World Bank may shift global financing model for LICs

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INTERNATIONAL

The comments come as the World Bank is pressing donors to provide at least 65 billion dollars for the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank's financing arm for…