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1 – 10 of 10The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has bought up unprecedented levels of treasury bonds but now wants to scale back its role. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is looking to international…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259784
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Zimbabwe economic update.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB232117
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Talks are scheduled for later this year, with negotiations expected to conclude in November. Asia has become a prime export destination for Ecuador as the country has diversified…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267255
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Tokyo is harnessing civil-military synergies and boosting government spending to expand Japan’s defence sector. Meanwhile, it has eased rules governing firms’ profits and exports…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287893
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As the federal government appears likely to meet only the minimum requirements for funding infrastructure, more of the burden is shifting to states. Decades of underfunding and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198319
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In practice, politics remains mired in factional corruption, and the economy is stagnant. Poverty and food insecurity levels are alarmingly high, and other human development…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258032
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259114
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Having partly restored its inflation-fighting credibility by maintaining an exceptionally tight monetary stance since its decision last September to raise its benchmark rate to a…
Ivory Coast economic update.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235603
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The transition away from LIBOR.