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Jan-19 The recovery in emerging market and developing economies has stalled. India is a bright spot where strengthening investment and robust consumption will drive 7.3 percent GDP growth. East Asia remains a fast-growing region but growth will moderate to 6 percent in 2019 as global demand slows and financial conditions tighten. Brazil is forecast to lead Latin America with 2.2 percent growth. And in MENA, while GCC oil exporters accelerate to 2.6 percent growth they will be outstripped by Egypt at 5.6 percent thanks to reforms. [image: World Bank]
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28-Jun-18 Pakistan’s absence of online payment solutions and weak consumer protection results in per-capita Internet retail spending at USD0.60, one of the lowest in the region, compared with USD871 in Korea for example. [image: Pakwired]
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23-Feb-18 Russia is looking to impose duty charges on cross-border e-commerce purchases from May-18, bringing an end to the boom years for major players such as China's AliExpress and JD.com. [image: HTDC Research]
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27-Sep-17 KT Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom) announced it will enter Kazakhstan’s digital healthcare market and plans to develop the overseas digital healthcare market aggressively in the future, and market its mobile diagnostic solutions. [image: Business Korea]
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07-Sep-17 Malaysia's sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd plans to widen investment to Central Asia. "We can extend our healthcare business to [Central Asia]… We have also investments in hospitals in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and soon, in China." [image: Astro Awani]
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