Moldova's economic and banking crisis could grow

Sluggish real sector, troubled banks and national currency crisis compound Moldova's vulnerability to external shocks

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Key economic sectors add to gloom in Argentina

Despite some hopes of a post-election improvement, domestic and foreign economic indicators are gloomy

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Resource management, transparency and residual political frictions will present difficulties for the new administration

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Chinese strategies in the region take local conditions on board, but loans and investment are not without risk

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Natural disasters will raise fiscal pressures amid weak domestic, export demand

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Bolivia's plans to boost agricultural output risk generating both political and environmental difficulties

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While immediate disaster response has improved, follow-up failings have longer-term implications

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New agriculture minister's first set goal is the wrong one

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While trade promotion is likely to pass, related legislation will shape the eventual trade deals

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A long-awaited European Commission compromise proposal on GMO use seems likely to satisfy no-one

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