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Nigeria's COVID-19 response at risk from weak links

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NIGERIA

Nigeria's COVID-19 response.

Generous EU funds will help Greece through 2021-22

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GREECE/EU

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed the agreement as a national success. It enables the New Democracy government to maintain fiscal stimulus over the next two years…

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is far from resolution

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SRI LANKA

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, only appointed in May, has also said he will quit. Wickremesinghe has played a key role in talks with the IMF over a desperately needed…

The great GDP contraction may herald huge crowding out

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INTERNATIONAL

Economic stimulus schemes and gaps.

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…

IMF unlikely to resolve Zambia's debt conundrum

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ZAMBIA

While the G20's new Common Framework for Debt Treatments provides a new mechanism for debt restructuring, it also requires Zambia to convince the IMF that it has disclosed all of…

Prospects for South Africa to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Meanwhile, the already dire state of public finances is set to deteriorate further as the economic impacts of the COVID-19 dampen revenues and increase debt, further undercutting…