He vowed to continue the economic reforms set in motion by the outgoing president, Benjamin Mkapa, and to create jobs and tackle poverty. A veteran of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), which has controlled Tanzania since the country's inception and also governs in semi-autonomous Zanziba...
Offshore finance manufacturing and a shipping registry generate jobs and tax revenues. Panama's services-based economy also benefits from the Colon free trade zone home to some 2000 companies and the second largest in the world. A free trade agreement with the US was reached in late 2006. Ban...
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–The total infections in the nation had reached 17,361, with 1,192 new cases in the last 24 hours. Austria announces €38bn aid package –Austria Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced up to €38bn aid to secure jobs and ensure coronavirus affected companies remain liquid. –The country i...
industrial regimes. In the wood products industry in Tanzania and South Africa, imports have created challenges for local firms to compete in a relatively liberal trade context (Murphy & Carmody,2015). Separate to the literature on GVCs, a body of work has documented some of the development ...
The major employer is agriculture but it is unable to meet the demand for jobs. Thus many Bangladeshis - in common with citizens from other countries in the region - seek work abroad sometimes illegally. The country is trying to diversify its economy with industrial development a priority. Over...
The Alliance for Sweden has a slim seven-seat majority in the 349-seat parliament. It campaigned on a platform of streamlining the welfare state and cutting taxes in order to create jobs. Since becoming party leader in 2003 Mr Reinfeldt has moved the Moderates towards the political centre. He...