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South African 2020 budget may delay Moody's downgrade

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SOUTH AFRICA

While the measures have been welcomed by investors, they depend on Pretoria reaching a deal with civil servants, whose unions have denounced the government’s plans.

Hungary’s pandemic measures will entrench ruling party

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HUNGARY

While the government's communications focus on how to stop the pandemic and make the economy more resilient, some of its recent spending decisions seem unrelated to tackling…

Ending Obamacare push will carry costs for Republicans

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UNITED STATES

The latest Republican effort to retrench Obamacare federal outlays and protections, the Graham-Cassidy bill, stalled in the Senate due to insufficient signs of support, with the…

Prospects for the United States to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

Prospects for the United States to end-2021.

Key strait will remain South-east Asian piracy hotspot

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The Singapore Strait, one of South-east Asia’s busiest trade routes, had more attacks than any other area in the world. Attacks against shipping are a persistent problem in the…

Pegasus scandal is unlikely to unseat Hungary’s Orban

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HUNGARY

Revelations of hacking into the phones of civic activists, journalists and politicians have caused a major media storm in Hungary, without any clear political ramifications…

Ambitious fiscal reform faces obstacles in Colombia

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COLOMBIA

The plans, presented to Congress on April 15, aim to increase tax revenues by an unprecedented COP23.4tn (USD6.4bn) and make permanent a basic income programme started during the…

Chile inequality debate will drive tax reform demands

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CHILE

Although both the bill’s legislative future and the amount it would raise are uncertain, it reflects ever more explicit class polarisation and anger over inequalities.

Anti-disinformation approaches will proliferate

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INT

However, these efforts are neither universally applied nor commonly accepted. The proliferation of frameworks to combat disinformation demonstrates shared motivations among…

Policies cannot relieve demographic pressure on Japan

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JAPAN

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made support for children and parents a priority, in an attempt to raise fertility and avert what is widely regarded as a demographic crisis…