OECD

  • Nov 30, 2004
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RUSSIA: OECD forecasts 5.5% growth in 2005-06

Today's OECD Economic Outlook forecasts 6.4% GDP growth in 2004, slowing to 5.5% next year and in...

Russia
  • Nov 11, 2004
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INTERNATIONAL: No easy solution to aid shortfall

While the setting of the UN Millennium Development Goals in 2001 has provided the international...

International
  • Oct 27, 2004
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INTERNATIONAL: Oil study fingers investment shortfall

The world's energy needs are set to expand 60% over the coming 25 years based on current...

International
  • Oct 12, 2004
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AFRICA: Continent is world's worst for business

The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation's 'Doing Business in 2005: Removing...

  • Oct 12, 2004
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INTERNATIONAL: 'Sour OPEC' cannot satisfy sweet market

The front-month Nymex WTI crude oil contract settled at 53.31 dollars per barrel on October 8 and...

International
  • Oct 1, 2004
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AFRICA: World Bank and OECD cite slow growth

The World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) this week...

Oecd
  • Aug 26, 2004
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INTERNATIONAL: Developing world generates FDI outflows

A UN agency will report next month that FDI originating from developing countries is growing...

International
  • Jul 22, 2004
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INTERNATIONAL: House prices complicate monetary policy

US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on July 20 signalled the possibility of a "more...

International