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Pakistan's Trade Deficit Widens to $1.5 Billion as Imports Increase Faster

Pakistan's Trade Deficit Widens to $1.5 Billion as Imports Increase Faster

Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 23.9 percent in July as imports climbed faster than exports.

Jamaica Failing, or yet to succeed?

Jamaica Failing, or yet to succeed?

Is Jamaica a failing state? Or is it merely a state that has yet to succeed? I have been thinking a lot about this question lately. Obviously, the week's shattering events have focused my mind. But I have also been writing a book on a topic I have elsewhere called the new medievalism. And one could not have asked for a more graphic example of the new medievalism than the spectacle of gang leaders - the international press even calls them barons now...

High-risk governance

High-risk governance

The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has come out in praise of the JDX and advises that Government "must pursue disciplined management of liabilities", "aggressively rationalise the public sector" and embark on "comprehensive fundamental tax reforms".

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