Category: Country Reports
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January 2023
Overview. As 2022 ended in Egypt it was all about the money. Who has it, who doesn’t and where the next cash windfall will come from. As the New Year dawns, Sisi and his government will have to make some major moves to steady the economy and get it back to some semblance of normal.………
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January 2023
Overview. December was a busy month in Bangladesh. The main opposition party, BNP, announced a 27-point plan for elections and the restoration of democratic principles in the country. The Finance Ministry has proposed lowering the government’s GDP growth forecast from 7.5% to 6.5% for the current fiscal year. Export earnings in November were recorded as…
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January 2023
Overview. Kazakhstan continues to evolve. Back in 2018 it adopted the Latin alphabet and replaced the Russian Cyrillic one. This is just one example of the nation’s cultural revival. The people are Kazakh and proud of it. Now we are witnessing a political transformation in the country that is adding optimism to the pride.…… Read…
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January 2023
President Hassan continues to steer her nation down the right road. Since taking office in 2021 she has already tripled foreign investment. Her initiatives and policies have been well received both at home and abroad. Manufacturing, tourism and transport sectors are all benefitting greatly, and investor confidence is on the up, making the prospect of…
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December 2022
Overview. As the world debates Qatar’s right to host the World Cup Finals, the corruption allegations behind the tournament have taken at least a bit of the spotlight away from Egypt and its hosting of the COP27 summit. As the world talks about the lack of beers in stadiums they ignore the lack of justice…
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November 2022
Overview. The main opposition party’s (BNP) General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused the government of plundering resources from the country’s economy and asked how the foreign reserves were spent towards building the Payra seaport. On the economic front, the World Bank has decreased its estimate of Bangladesh’s GDP growth this fiscal year from…