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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
ISSN: 2633-304X
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France's manufacturing outlook.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245114
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Prospects for Colombia in 2022.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265750
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In many African states, youth employment is stubbornly high. Moreover, many of those getting jobs receive such low wages that they continue to live in poverty.
The plan avoids new taxes on individuals, instead increasing the fiscal burden on firms. The proposed measures aim to generate COP15.2tn (USD3.9bn) in new revenue, which would be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263071
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Some twelve people have now been killed in related unrest over the past week, principally in Gauteng province, with over 400 individuals arrested. Foreign-born Africans and their…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246293
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The proposals follow the ‘great national debate’, a two-month series of consultations online and in town halls across France, at which disillusioned voters conveyed their…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243484
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Although the economy is still faring better than others in North Africa, public discontent has increased. Significant segments of the population, especially in rural areas, are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238752
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Youth unemployment has surged as an increasing cohort of graduates enters a job market troubled by stagnant consumption, a private sector clampdown, the real estate crisis and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287738
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While governments have begun tentative efforts to restart economic activity, the crisis is far from over. It looks sure to shape the main issues of 2021, exacerbating all the…