While growth in Jordan picked up pace in 2013, the external environment continues to weigh on the economy and could slow recovery in 2014.
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Economic update | Jordan Year in Review 2013
14 Jan 2014
Economic update | Mongolia budgets for growth
14 Jan 2014
Lawmakers in Mongolia have approved a budget for 2014 that emphasises investment in the economy and seeks to build the infrastructure needed to sustain a commodities boom and maximise growth. While this likely means higher debt levels in the short run, the expectation is that earnings will improve in the medium-to-long term.
Economic update | A taxing time for Nigeria
12 Jan 2014
As Nigeria looks to broaden and stabilise its source of revenues, the government is taking steps to streamline a complex, multi-layered system of taxation that has historically resulted in wide-spread evasion.
Economic update | Calls to increase Oman’s tax base
12 Jan 2014
The government in Oman has been urged to cast its taxation net wider to fund the state’s economic and social welfare programmes, with the need for additional revenue flows likely to become more pressing if global oil prices ease further as some analysts have predicted.
Articles & Analysis | Logistical expansion: Investments aim to link regions by land and foreign markets by sea from The Report: Oman 2014
Industrial zones, port developments, railways and fisheries projects are but a few examples of how investments are transforming Oman’s outlying regions. Such projects involve both public and private sectors, and many are large-scale. Big developments outside Muscat, which make up the largest chunk of investments, both domestic and foreign, are...
Articles & Analysis | Facts for visitors: Helpful information for business and leisure travellers from The Report: Oman 2014
Useful information for visitors to Oman