... remittances tourism People queue in front of a bakery selling subsidised bread in Tunis (Hasna/AFP/Getty Images) Tunisia's 2025 budget increases taxes on high-income earners and corporations, while lowering electricity prices and boosting subsidies for low-income households...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BAHRAIN: Remittance tax could upset financial sector BAHRAIN: MPs in Bahrain's partly elected National Assembly (parliament) yesterday voted to implement a tax of 2% on outward remittances. The original plan proposed a tiered system of 1% on remittances up to BHD200...

... a revenue boost for those receiving remittances. In the short term, remittances from undocumented US residents may fall if they feel a need to save for themselves in case of deportation. Mexico’s government will keep presenting Mexicans working abroad as heroes and painting remittance growth...

... environment government growth manufacturing mining prices productivity regional remittances tourism welfare MOROCCO: Royal Air Maroc yesterday relaunched direct flights between Casablanca and Beijing; the airline had suspended the route in 2020 due to COVID-19. The route will boost...

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...Oxford Analytica Low investment levels, especially in the public sector, are set to weigh on growth rates See LATIN AMERICA: Political inequality damages democracy - December 4, 2024 See LATIN AMERICA: Remittance growth will continue to slow - July 29, 2024 Latin America LA/C...

... Russia economy industry international relations politics social aerospace defence foreign policy foreign trade government growth policy remittances security President Emomali Rahmon (Kristina Kormilitsyna/Sputnik/Kremlin/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) President Emomali...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The expansion was driven mainly by strong private consumption, supported by remittance inflows and increased access to bank financing. Private investment in industrial capacity and housing, along with substantial government spending on infrastructure projects...

... foreign trade government growth immigration monetary policy reform remittances tourism TUNISIA: Credit agency Fitch Ratings yesterday upgraded Tunisia's rating to CCC+ from CCC-, arguing that the government can cover financing needs. Tunisia had received USD2.8bn in external financing...

...Oxford Analytica Remittances and foreign aid flows outweigh foreign investment in non-oil Middle Eastern and North African economies © Oxford Analytica 2024. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated...

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... prices sanctions war remittances Energy Industrials Financials Chinese investment in Central Asia is rising (Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock) Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and subsequent isolation from Western economies has boosted economic activity in Central Asia...

...Oxford Analytica Significance The growth of money transfers to LAC slowed to below 8% last year, with countries such as Nicaragua recording a strong double-digit increase while Brazil and others saw a decline. Despite the slowdown, LAC was the region with the highest remittance growth rate in 2023...

...Oxford Analytica Significance Lebanon is even more reliant on remittances, lacking other sources of capital amid economic collapse. Digital payments have sped up transfers and reduced transfer costs, while increasing access to those lacking banking facilities. Outgoing remittances from Gulf...

...Oxford Analytica Significance These flows have been supplemented by a resurgence of portfolio investment in high-yielding government securities, while remittances are now flowing via the banking system rather than the parallel market. This has boosted foreign exchange reserves and turned a large...

...Oxford Analytica Headline MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA: Remittance inflows will grow © Oxford Analytica 2024. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

... consumer debt electronics employment fiscal food foreign investment foreign trade government growth investment manufacturing monetary oil prices remittances tourism election energy regional shipping retail transport policy foreign policy private sector public sector Progress...

... and illegal gold mining will endure - November 27, 2023). This brought in USD2.5bn in 2023. In addition, the current account was also bolstered by remittances, estimated at USD1.3bn. The current account deficit through the third quarter was 1% of GDP, according to the BCB. These problems...

... operators with no more than two branches -- to NGN2bn (USD1.4mn) for a tier-1 license -- covering national-level operators. politics social exchange rate finance foreign investment monetary remittances technology Diversified financial services ATMs outside of a Lagos bank, February...

... politics debt election finance fiscal foreign trade government military monetary party prices protest reform remittances talks banking bonds constitution foreign investment gas internet investment media Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party supporters protesting over alleged rigging...