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Sudan’s exchange rate reform opens path to debt relief

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SUDAN

The move opens the door to expanded international aid and debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, but at the cost of increased economic pressures…

Lebanese economy on course for muted recovery in 2015

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LEBANON

According to its Global Economic Prospects report, the bank forecast a modest increase in GDP growth in 2015 to 2.0%, up from an estimated 1.5% in 2014. Since 2011, the economy…

Markets are downplaying PiS election risks in Poland

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POLAND

Despite PiS's costly spending pledges, its nationalist and populist views and its strong support for a controversial, Hungarian-style debt-relief scheme for holders of foreign…

Easing of tensions will prove temporary in Venezuela

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VENEZUELA

Speculation around some form of military intervention to remove President Nicolas Maduro has subsided, with a stepping up of international efforts to find a negotiated solution to…

Small-business lending will suffer under US bank rules

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UNITED STATES

Community and regional banks were never the primary target of post-financial crisis reforms, but have been affected by the knock-on effects of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street…

Prospects for Iran in 2020

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PROSPECTS 2020

Prospects for Iran in 2020.

Saudi princes should resolve succession tensions

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SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi princes should resolve rising succession tensions

Added US sanctions on Syria may prove self-defeating

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SYRIA/US

This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…

Ethiopia’s new premier will face familiar challenges

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ETHIOPIA

Securing the premiership caps a sharp rise for Abiy within both the Oromo People’s Democratic Organisation (OPDO), of which he became leader in February, and the EPRDF. Abiy and…

Washington’s interests will dominate US-ASEAN summit

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US/ASEAN

The event was originally due to take place in March but was postponed because some South-east Asian leaders could not attend on the scheduled dates. Washington and ASEAN are…