... population poverty prices reform utilities Electric SOUTH AFRICA: The National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA) yesterday ruled on Eskom's proposed tariff increases of 36.15%, 11.81% and 9.1% over the next three years, saying the electricity utility could instead only impose increases...

... the contents of said sites. 2025 Latin America LA/C Brazil El Salvador Peru Venezuela economy social crime fiscal health immigration policy population Inmates at Latin America’s largest prison, in El Salvador (Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images) Tuberculosis (TB) has...

... monetary population Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images) Potential reforms to Germany’s debt brake -- which legally requires the government to avoid a budget deficit exceeding 0.35% of GDP -- look set to be a key issue during...

... lower living costs there. Impacts An ageing population promises heightened demand in market segments characteristic of a ‘silver economy’. Young urban citizens will generate consumption demand, especially in smaller rather than large cities. Different generations will have differing attitudes...

... politics constitution foreign policy regional climate defence natural resources population referendum security A plane carrying Donald Trump Junior arrives in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland (Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images) On January 13, Republicans in the US House...

... policy government opposition party policy cybersecurity fiscal gas population Prime Minister Robert Fico (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images) Slovak opposition parties announced on January 14 that they would file a no-confidence motion against the government. Prime Minister...

... or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2025 Sudan AF politics social civil war human rights military population...

... social defence government invasion military policy population war The average Ukrainian soldier is believed to be in their mid-40s (Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images) Under martial law, a state of general mobilisation is in effect in Ukraine, encompassing most men...

... or recommendations that may be relied on. Where links to external websites are provided, this does not indicate that Oxford Analytica or Emerald agree with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2025 Sri Lanka AP politics social crime population religion media...

... investment judicial pensions population French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (Valentine Chapuis/AFP/Getty Images) On December 13 Francois Bayrou was appointed France’s fourth prime minister of 2024. Bayrou, who replaces Michel Barnier after his minority government lost...

.... Impacts Stresses on healthcare systems will rise as demand for treatment for chronic illnesses increases with population ageing. An ageing population will require increased spending on elderly care and pensions. The expansion of pension spending could impact fiscal stability and credit ratings in some...

... the population and household census carried out in 2024. On December 31, the authorities announced the October 1-15 exercise's provisional results. According to these, the population stands at 51.3 million: 32.2 million people actually counted and 19.1 million estimated to live in areas that were inaccessible...

... with, endorse or have checked for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2024 Bulgaria Romania EUR EU Austria Netherlands BULGARIA/ROMANIA economy industry international relations politics government immigration party policy population reform regulation road transport crime...

...Oxford Analytica Headline INT: GDP prospects vary across developing nations International INT economy consumer foreign investment foreign trade growth investment population INTERNATIONAL: The Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) yesterday released its World...

... rights infrastructure population reform road tourism transport Transport & logistics The Nairobi marathon is staged across a stretch of the Nairobi Expressway, May 8, 2022 (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images) The Nairobi Expressway, a 27.1-kilometre highway running through...

... economy politics social government judicial poverty public sector reform population A protest outside the presidential palace in Santiago (Rodrigo Arangua/AFP via Getty Images) Several recent reports and surveys, including the 2023 OECD Trust Survey, highlight a sharp decline...

...Oxford Analytica Significance This figure has raised concern as it is well below the “replacement” rate of 2.1 needed to keep the population stable. The decline comes as the government is reducing immigration, which has historically acted as a buffer against the effects of an ageing population...

...Oxford Analytica Headline TURKEY: Ankara weighs action against SDF-held Syria Turkey ME/NAF Syria United States international relations politics social defence ethnic foreign policy government invasion military population security talks war © Oxford Analytica 2024...

... economy international relations politics social government immigration integration policy population transport crime tourism BULGARIA/ROMANIA: The EU Council yesterday voted to admit Bulgaria and Romania fully into the Schengen free-movement area. Starting in January 2025, the move...

... conflict civil war defence foreign policy government guerrillas military policy population rebellion refugees security black market employment ethnic labour TURKEY: Turkey's Yayladagi border crossing -- neighbouring Syria's Latakia region but closed since 2013 -- was opened yesterday...