COVID-19 will hit northern Central America hard

Poverty, insecurity and corruption undermine the Northern Triangle’s efforts to manage COVID-19

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Pandemic will force economic policy reversal in Brazil

The crisis induced by the COVID-19 epidemic and social distancing measures to contain it will leave a deep recession

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Brazil, income and wealth distribution and Gini index

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Today’s announcement triples consumption tax and slashes allowances to public sector workers

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As economic pain mounts, opposition factions resist consensus calls, while the premier and central bank governor bicker

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Chronic institutional weaknesses are complicating efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic

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There is no uniform response to restrictions to combat the pandemic, despite opposition from opinion-makers

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The official US watchdog for Afghanistan is warning of a health disaster as war compounds pre-existing state weaknesses

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The government’s socio-economic relief package is unlikely to be anything more than a short-term panacea

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Infections, deaths and responses have varied dramatically regionwide, with the richest country by far the worst hit

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