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COVID-19 and protests will shake up US cities

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UNITED STATES

These factors are stoking the urban civil unrest that has flared across the country in the last fortnight. What had seemed a practical matter of managing COVID-19 and…

New York City faces a range of fiscal challenges

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UNITED STATES

Adams wants to tell potential migrants in the region that New York is “at capacity”. Last week’s heavy flooding underscored the frailties of the city’s 19th-century…

Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

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INT

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

China’s economic targets will get trickier to achieve

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CHINA

The GDP growth target of 5% and the urban job creation target of 12 million are unchanged from last year, but harder to achieve as the post-pandemic rebound fades and large-scale…

India's digital labour platforms set for strong growth

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INDIA

This boom is expected to continue post-pandemic thanks to the country’s large mass of underemployed and unemployed workers -- especially youth workers with some education -- and…

Digital trade will help spur Singapore economy

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SINGAPORE

The government is urging local companies to adopt digital solutions to meet the challenges of the post-pandemic period. Meanwhile, it has tightened regulations on hiring of…

Risks threaten optimistic Greek growth forecasts

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GREECE

After the 2021-22 post-pandemic rebound, growth is stabilising at around 2%. Barring new external shocks, it is expected to remain at this level in the coming years. Improved…

Financing shortfall will push Oman to uneasy austerity

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OMAN

A fiscal crunch exacerbated by the pandemic and associated oil-price crash has forced the authorities to step up long-term ‘Omanisation’ efforts, ultimately taking pressure off…

Uneven US economic recovery risks wider gender gaps

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UNITED STATES

The occasion spotlighted that US women are experiencing a slower economic recovery from the pandemic than men, having suffered worse in the first place. Given the long-term…

Thailand faces protracted instability over protests

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THAILAND

Prayut earlier this month reshuffled his cabinet. New appointments to the finance and energy ministries will have a key role in spurring post-pandemic economic recovery.