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Brazil labour market improves but doubts will persist

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BRAZIL

Unemployment fell to 7.4% at the end of 2023. Despite a fall in the participation rate, the positive figures also show that over 100 million people are currently employed…

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…

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…

Global iron ore market will stay oversupplied

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INTERNATIONAL

Developments in the global iron ore market

Basic income will prove difficult to adopt globally

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INTERNATIONAL

Implementation of an universal basic income.

Prospects for frontier economies in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for frontier economies in 2018.

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…

Brazil’s data protection failings may harm innovation

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BRAZIL

Brazil's new data protection law.

Latin American pandemic impacts will be long-term

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LATIN AMERICA

The near-term measures needed to address the social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region include support for recovery of the labour market and, in particular, women’s…

Brazil's third-quarter bounceback may not be sustained

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BRAZIL

The negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still affecting the Brazilian economy. After a sharp recession in the first two quarters of the year, the economy partially…