Chancellor Rishi Sunak won plaudits for the UK government’s furlough scheme, which helped stave off mass unemployment when vast swathes of the UK economy went into lockdown. But as the end of that initiative draws…
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(Agence Ecofin) – L’économiste togolais, Komi Tsowou, expert des questions commerciales et travaillant désormais pour la CNUCED revient sur le dernier rapport de l’institution sur l’Afrique. Il explique l’ampleur des sorties illicites de ressources financières…
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© Reuters. Paul Putnam, 53, a rancher and independent contract pumper walks past a pump jack in Loving County By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices extended losses on Wednesday on worries that rising…
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Is it possible the whole observable universe is just a thing kept in a container, in a room where there are some other extraterrestrial beings much bigger than us? Kanishk, Year 9 Hi Kanishk! I’m…
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IMF projects worst economic downturn since the Great Depression The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) sees the global economy faltering and forecasts negative global growth of minus 3 percent in 2020 because of the…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Huawei Technologies a lancé la construction de la phase 2 du réseau sierra-léonais de fibre optique. Le chantier qui en est encore au niveau du génie civil durera 2 ans. Le 28…
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will this week begin the process of selling unused telecom spectrum in an auction it hopes will raise around $1 billion and enhance network capacity, said three senior…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Despite facing a global health crisis and economic recession, more than half of all U.S. households – 56% – expressed some…
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(BIZAO) – Bizao, plateforme fintech spécialisée dans le paiement digitalisé annonce la conclusion d’un partenariat avec l’Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) en vue de la création d’une chaire dédiée à la fintech.Cet accord, le…
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© Reuters. By Adam Claringbull Investing.com – Gold was down on Wednesday morning in Asia after a steep drop and then recovery during the previous session. The recovery was sparked by major selloffs in stocks.…
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