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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Barclays Sells Down Africa Stake

UK-based Barclays has reduced its shareholding in Johannesburg-listed Barclays Africa from 62.3% to 50.1% this year and is believed to be seeking to reduce that stake further to around 20%.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Lat Am: Boxed In By Circumstance

Latin American nations seeking fiscal fixes encounter a wide variety of factors beyond their control.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Obama: US To Lift Sanctions On Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has a change of heart regarding US sanctions against her country.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Q&A: KPMG Africa’s Bryan Leith

While on a road show for US clients, Bryan Leith, chief operating officer of KPMG’s global Africa practice, sat down with Global Finance to discuss the continent’s economic prospects.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

South Africa: Tripping On Success

South Africa's growth is impeded by long-term constraints; still, the government deserves credit for tackling reforms.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

The Bahamas: Tiny Islands Of Opportunity

The Bahamas offers investors stability, a sophisticated finance sector, educated workers and a climate that tempts tourists.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Uncertain Taxes Hobble African Growth

Collection troubles and resource dependency hamper African governmentalefforts to raise revenue.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Uzbekistan: New Iron Man Takes The Helm

Shavkat Mirziyoyev, new ruler of Uzbekistan, looks likely tobe just as much ahard-line autocratas hispredecessorwas.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Central/Eastern Europe: A New Golden Age?

Regional Report: Central & Eastern Europe Despite a host of challenges, Europe’s formerly communist countries are poised for strong, steady growth.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cuba Says Welcome, But Bring Your Own Financing

Frontier Markets Report: Cuba Obstacles and contradictions mar Cuba’s environment for foreign direct investment, but its market offers a wealth of opportunity.

Country Report

Egypt Gets With The Program

Egypt | Its IMF loan could ease investor concerns and end its foreign exchange shortage.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

India: Landmark Reform To Unify Taxes

India | The Indian parliament’s adoption of a constitutional amendment bill has paved the way for the biggest tax reform in the $2 trillion economy’s history, as Narendra Modi’s government prepares to usher in a dramatic change in the tax regime: a single goods and services tax (GST) that subsumes all central, state and local levies.