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With the eyes of the world on Brazil for the start of the World Cup tonight, we thought we’d take a look at how the 32 competing teams compare off the pitch. Who wins the cup on different economic, parliamentary and social indicators – and who’s knocked out at the group stage?
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In 2014 Russian-backed forces took over the Crimean autonomous assembly, which subsequently declared independence from Ukraine.
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Examines how Germany’s economy has performed well in the post-war recession period due to low unemployment and a large manufacturing sector
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Examines how Germany’s economy has performed well in the post-war recession period due to low unemployment and a large manufacturing sector
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The causes of the eurozone crisis are summarised in this two-page overview, which examines why Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus have had to take emergency loans - or "bailouts" - from other eurozone and EU governments and the IMF.
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Ever since the success of the acronym “BRICs” – coined at the beginning of the 2000s to describe the large fast-growing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China – economists and investment managers have been attempting to come up with another collection of large emerging economies with bright prospects that can be combined to form
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Where is Germany – the most influential country in Europe – heading, under its new grand coalition government?
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This note sets out the main measures announced in the 2013 Autumn Statement, presented by the Chancellor on 5 December 2013, and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for the economy and public finances. There are also overviews of policy announcements on the State Pension age, business rates, the cap on welfare spending and jobs and young people.
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This note sets out the background to the 2013 Autumn Statement which will take place on Thursday 5 December. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
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The Kyrgyz Republic is a small landlocked Central Asian republic, mainly known in the West for its US airbase at Manas.
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The effects of the sluggish growth in the 1990s ("the lost decade") are still being felt today in Japan's economy. A new government has embarked on a radical plan to revitalise the fortunes of the world’s third largest economy. These policies have become known as Abenomics, after the new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries.
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