Sudan looks to Gulf and Chinese investment

After peaking in the mid-2000s, inflows of foreign investment into Sudan have dwindled. This has...

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Laos to seek to balance and diversify ties through WTO

The WTO's General Council on October 26 approved Laos's application for membership, 15 years...

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California voters on November 6 will decide whether to pass Proposition 37 (Prop 37), which would...

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The steady fall in unemployment, coupled with the continued rise in wages, the fall in poverty...

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Sustained strong global prices for fuel crops and agricultural commodities have attracted...

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The current focus on instability and Islamist insurgencies in West Africa's Sahel region takes...

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Liberia can be considered a test-case for international attempts to regulate natural resource...

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The Central Bank cut its 2012 growth forecast for a second time, to 1.6%, on September 27. Even...

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Botswana's oft-cited and distinctive macroeconomic and governance performance often fosters...

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One consequence of oil wealth is that food production and export agriculture in this large,...

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