PERU: Indigenous movements could provoke violence

While the indigenous movement is Peru is less developed than in Bolivia, it is gaining support...

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INDONESIA: Decentralisation clouds investment picture

While boasting a fairly open FDI regime and a recently consolidated macroeconomic environment,...

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The General Election Commission is lobbying political leaders to amend the 2003 election laws....

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The government is seeking extraordinary powers to carry out tax reforms to increase revenue in...

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The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said on September 8 that they will not attend a...

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Amid painful economic restructuring, China's leaders are being forced to respond to a growing...

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The World Bank published on July 15 a report on fiscal and administrative decentralisation. The...

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The next wave of privatisations of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is already beginning at the...

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China's health policy response to SARS will determine its ability to contain the spread of the...

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The regulatory disorder of the post-Suharto era has taken a heavy toll in the mining sector,...

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