Gulf oil dependency poses long-term stability risk

Efforts to diversify Gulf economies away from oil rents may stall without politically sensitive reforms

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Global reduction in 'unbanked' numbers to gather pace

Progress has been made to reduce the number of people who lack access to basic banking services

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A political crisis between the KDP and Gorran threatens to bring down the Kurds' regional government

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Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are eager to sell electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan but security is a worry

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Progressive Democrats' boost for the candidacy of Bernie Sanders are shifting the agenda of the party

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Against a backdrop of low copper prices and rising debt, the 2016 budget will be a baptism of fire for Valdes

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Fewer than half of ASEAN states have signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement

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Capital sources that financed the commodity boom are still suffering across the board

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Opposition in Congress will constrain applying behaviourial economics to prod individuals into policy decisions

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US currency gains ground regardless of nascent challenge from renminbi

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