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In April, the Saudi defence ministry announced employment opportunities for women as well as men. These developments reflect the government’s efforts to increase women’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279436
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The COVID-19 pandemic and energy revenues in 2021-22 allowed Algerian authorities effectively to weaken the Hirak movement -- the large-scale popular protests that demanded the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278024
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The Argentine financial crisis and economic downturn are affecting Uruguay at a time when its economy is cooling while popular discontent is rising over the difficulty of finding…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238843
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267158
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President Luis Lacalle Pou’s government has strong public support thanks to a tepid economic recovery and improvements in security, and despite a new wave of COVID-19 cases…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267062
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Forces from the centre-right last won a presidential election in 1998, but remained the main opposition until the mid-2010s, when a far-reaching crisis destroyed the prevailing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263334
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The contraction preceded the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The large inherited fiscal deficit and rising debt-to-GDP ratio are forcing the new government to take unpopular…