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1 – 10 of 50However, the prospects of a sustained recovery are clouded by fiscal weakness, a precarious balance-of-payments position, a deteriorating business environment and the threat of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264528
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This comes as severe flooding has again hit the region with thousands of Thais forced to flee their homes and at least 83 Vietnamese reported dead as a result of flash floods and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225323
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Jamaicans are to remain in their homes for three consecutive weekends. Although the economies of the English-speaking Caribbean are witnessing a gradual recovery, there are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263640
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253046
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Hurricanes Eta and Iota, which struck Honduras in quick succession in the first half of November, took a severe toll on the agriculture sector, which accounts for more than 10% of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259286
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An early reopening of the economy, unprecedented monetary and fiscal support and resilient remittances explain the relatively limited impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when…
The impact of Hurricane Dorian.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246635
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Both the IMF and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean forecast growth of 2.0% this year, driven by tourism. Tourism accounts indirectly for almost 40% of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275764
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The political and security crisis that emerged from President Jovenel Moise’s assassination in July, coupled with the impacts of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake the following month…
The ceremony marked a return to democratic order for Haiti after a prolonged electoral cycle and a year without a president. However, Moise will face a myriad of challenges…