Subsidy reform in North Africa will meet resistance

Oil and food price rises over the past decade have raised the cost of food and energy subsidies...

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Dutch short-term boost hides long-term economic woes

The Netherlands is one of the wealthiest and most robust euro-area members, yet the European...

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Cuba's demographic data show that the population is falling faster than previously thought. In...

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Developments in Iran and Syria will preoccupy Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in 2014....

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Medecins Sans Frontieres announced on October 4 that the central government had barred them from...

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Readymade garment (RMG) exports rose by 24% to 6.2 billion dollars in the July-September quarter,...

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Slow growth is forcing the government to rein in spending plans for 2014. The new government has...

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Five out of every ten women currently enter the labour force in Latin America, in contrast to...

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Floods and landslides this July in Uttarakhand resulted in at least 1,000 fatalities -- and over...

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'Non-regular' employment reached an all-time high in the April-June quarter of 2013 at 36% of...

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