Taliban politics will hinder international acceptance

Preoccupied with internal power-sharing, the Taliban do not seem inclined to do what it takes to secure foreign funding

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Ethiopia’s conflict clouds the economic outlook

The ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia presents significant risks to the economic picture

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Nearly half the workforce is in the informal sector, undermining productivity and poverty reduction advances

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Dialogue to improve Spanish-Catalan relations has begun, but it has deepened tension between pro-independence parties

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President Xi's 'common prosperity' slogan has moved inequality back to centre stage

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The combination of surging demand and planned and unplanned supply outages has created an imbalance in the gas market

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Increasingly authoritarian rule will pose a hurdle to Nicaragua’s economy in the long term

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An emergency meeting of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party follows bitter factional infighting

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The EU has developed more robust tools to deal with democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland

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Contract talks for the Camisea gas project begin this week following the prime minister's threat of nationalisation

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