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India’s power firms will struggle to ease their debts

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INDIA

Problem of endemic debt in India's power sector.

Bangladesh economy will ride out pandemic crisis

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BANGLADESH

In late May, it approved a three-month, USD200mn currency swap with Sri Lanka to help ease Colombo’s foreign exchange woes. The move underscores its growing economic strength…

Australian budget offers modest pre-election spending

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AUSTRALIA

The surpluses seen this year and last have proved an unexpected bonus for Labor and will enable a modest spending increase as the party prepares for the general election due by…

Debt woes will push Laos even closer to China

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LAOS

It is relying on China -- a fellow one party, Marxist-Leninist state -- to help ease its woes. Meanwhile, the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is preparing for its…

Departure of New Zealand’s Key may open 2017 election

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NEW ZEALAND

The unexpected departure of a popular prime minister opens up more space for opposition parties in the next election due by early November 2017. On Key’s watch, New Zealand…

Rajapaksa dominance will grow in Sri Lanka

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SRI LANKA

With the support of the SLPP’s allies, the Rajapaksa administration now commands a two-thirds parliamentary majority, which is enough to make constitutional changes. The…

New Zealand COVID-19 fightback prospects are positive

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NEW ZEALAND

The government has locked the country down for four weeks and legislated to borrow up 52 million dollars (30.7 million US dollars), equivalent to 17% of GDP. The Reserve Bank of…

Africa forms part of China’s development plan

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CHINA

It is still one goal, but Beijing also aspires to transform African economies to create opportunities for an increasingly diverse range of Chinese exporters and investors, and to…

Prospects for South-east Asia to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

This is helping to insulate them from immediate political pressures relating to the pandemic crisis, but their hopes for spurring long-term economic recovery depend greatly on…

Ageing adds urgency to China's economic transition

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CHINA

Demographic ageing in China.