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Brazil policies focus on short-term poverty responses

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BRAZIL

The pandemic has worsened the living conditions of vulnerable people. Governmental emergency aid has temporarily lifted people out of poverty, but declining income gains, high…

Brazil fiscal and welfare spending demands will clash

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BRAZIL

The economy is at a crossroads: high unemployment and increasing poverty are generating pressures for greater income transfers, but the delicate fiscal position is generating…

Basic income will prove difficult to adopt globally

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INTERNATIONAL

Implementation of an universal basic income.

Bolivia’s gas sector faces major struggles

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BOLIVIA

For the last 25 years, gas exports have been Bolivia’s main source of foreign exchange and the government’s main source of tax income. However, long-time buyer Argentina is moving…

Interest rates will continue to rise in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The increase, the largest since 2002, comes despite low growth expectations and reflects concerns over rising inflation, with the Central Bank warning of a similar rate rise in…

Brazil's local vaccine production aims for autonomy

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BRAZIL

Priority groups -- including health professionals, indigenous people, the elderly and those with co-morbidities, teachers, security and prison staff, prisoners and the homeless -…

Brazil's local polls boost centre-right hopes for 2022

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BRAZIL

This group includes different parties that have offered some support to President Jair Bolsonaro without necessarily aligning themselves firmly with his government. Though…

Lower welfare spending may curtail Brazil recovery

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BRAZIL

The economic effects were immediate: a sharp outflow of portfolio capital, which generated exchange rate devaluation of 27.3% in three months; a contraction in GDP, driven down by…

Latin America risks another lost decade

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LATIN AMERICA

The health crisis, national lockdowns and a global recession have combined to create a difficult environment in Latin America, while governments’ responses to the pandemic have…

Brazil's Bolsonaro boost will rest on fiscal largesse

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BRAZIL

Bolsonaro’s popularity gains come despite the impact of COVID-19 and an economy hit hard by the pandemic, a serious wildfire crisis and multiple scandals involving his family and…