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Economic challenges.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245507
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The slowing down of Kazakhstan's economy continues against a background of slow global growth, the turbulent economic situation in Russia and low oil prices. Lower-than-projected…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197574
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Prospects for the global economy to end-2016.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211416
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All-out war has brought economic devastation unprecedented in both scale and depth. More than a year later, its extent is readily apparent in every major part of Ukraine’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278427
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Since the initial lockdown of March-May 2020, the government has prioritised economic reopening. This has had some success: last year's GDP contraction was less severe than many…
The economy has recovered somewhat from the one-third contraction in 2022 caused by Russia's invasion. Government spending, mainly on defence, dominates but agriculture has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283880
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The country’s poverty rate stood at 52.4% in 2020 according to the World Bank, a 5-percentage-point increase on the level prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank…
Central-East European economies’ resilience in an adverse global climate.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245325
ISSN: 2633-304X
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In early April, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that he was stepping aside as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s designated successor. The key challenge in foreign…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262326
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This is visible now as pledges of better ties with Washington coexist with talk of joining the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) -- yet it is China that is the main source…