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South Africa's parastatals face growing turmoil

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SOUTH AFRICA

This comes amid reports that the state-owned airline will shortly receive a 10-billion-rand (760-million-dollar) bailout from the government, with almost 7 billion rand in debts…

Zimbabwe economic crisis may escalate further

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ZIMBABWE

Since the abandonment of the multi-currency regime in June, the new Zimbabwe dollar has lost almost 60% of its value relative to the US dollar. The parallel market for foreign…

Malaysia's Najib faces further test in August

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MALAYSIA

The Malaysian cabinet reshuffle's implications.

Dominican Republic growth to slow but remain robust

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Dominican Republic economy.

Widening imbalances to weigh on Colombia growth

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COLOMBIA

Colombia's economy.

Transparency will wait on US agency resets

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UNITED STATES

Clinton has weathered a scandal in which it was revealed that she used a private email service (based on a server located in her home in New York) for official correspondence as…

Japan’s agricultural exports will increase

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JAPAN

Although agriculture accounts for less than 1% of Japan’s GDP and total employment, its development has come into the focus of public attention amid rising food security concerns.

Nigerian government faces critical revenue challenges

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NIGERIA

Combined federal, state and local government revenues stood at only an estimated 7.8% of GDP in 2018. With expenditure continually outpacing revenue, and the country's debt burden…

Turkish government aims to promote domestic production

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TURKEY

The Eleventh Development Plan for 2019-23.

China will keep treating private firms with disfavour

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CHINA

The NPC Standing Committee that same week expanded the State Secrets Law. Information clampdowns denting business confidence undermine efforts to boost the private sector and…