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Reforms seek long-term economic benefits in Uruguay

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URUGUAY

Uruguay’s pension system has various sub-systems by sector and profession, and the mounting deficit is making change increasingly critical. President Luis Lacalle Pou is aiming to…

Peru teachers' strike ends, but will not be the last

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PERU

However, the government and the strikers failed to reach agreement on the key topic of institutionalising periodic evaluations of teachers’ competence. Marilu Marten’s future as…

Unsteady Australian coalition fightback begins

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AUSTRALIA

Long held by the Liberals, Wentworth was won by independent candidate Kerryn Phelps, by profession a medical doctor.

New tactics will constrain East African media space

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EAST AFRICA

Media freedom in East Africa.

Polish teachers’ strike will not damage ruling party

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POLAND

The strike's impact on the pre-election situation.

New Philippine investment openings are coming in 2018

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PHILIPPINES

There is an ongoing two-level push for further, wide-reaching foreign investment liberalisation. If successful, this would open significant and sensitive Philippine economic…

Compromise is likely over Polish judicial reforms

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POLAND

Turbulent times for Poland’s courts.

South African corporate governance faces key reckoning

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African corporate governance.

Clientelism will not avail Greek ruling party in 2019

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GREECE

The agreement settles the Macedonian ‘name dispute' that has bedevilled bilateral relations since the mid-1990s. Foreign, not social, issues have taken centre stage in politics…

Gig economy risks Latin American virtual brain drain

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LATIN AMERICA

The gig economy.