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1 – 10 of 26The Economic Development Board (EDB), the country’s investment promotion agency, announced in March that its ‘golden licence’ scheme of incentives for local and foreign investors…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286570
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Policies in the 1980s to restrict the birth rate gave China a demographic dividend, with an enlarged working population driving GDP growth, but that has been exhausted. The…
There have been protracted negotiations following strikes by teachers last year. Concerns over continued disruption to education and possible contagion to other sectors are…
Labor’s changes reduce help for higher earners and instead prioritise workers on low and middle incomes. Parties on the political right have condemned the move, but opinion polls…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285460
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It is only an interim budget because a general election is set to take place soon, most likely in April-May. The budget surprised many observers because of its lack of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285189
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Due to unfavourable demographic trends, Poland needs to maintain a relatively liberal immigration policy in order to sustain economic growth. The former Law and Justice (PiS)-led…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284889
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This sector has grown substantially with the rise in recent years of the world gold price, contributing to the rapid deforestation of the rainforest in the north of the country…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283617
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OMAN: Funding for diversification will expand
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286147
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However, because of the large surplus of 2.5% recorded in that year, Riyadh’s public debt is only about 25% of GDP, providing the government and the country’s sovereign wealth…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284692
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The invasion of Ukraine is causing strains in Russian society to show, with opposition to another mobilisation and rising appetite for peace talks. The economy is overheating in…