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Centralised pick-up points in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are revolutionising e-commerce by providing secure and accessible locations for consumers to collect online purchases, overcoming the region's challenges of unreliable addressing systems and inadequate road infrastructure. This model reduces last-mile delivery costs and barriers, enabling wider

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• Governments across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will continue to prioritise the enhancement of their pharmaceutical sectors as a critical component of state policy.
• Investment will be specifically devoted to improving market access and intellectual property (IP) barriers.
• Despite reforms, the region still lags behind developed markets

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• The European Union has pinpointed Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as a crucial component of its strategy to make aviation greener. 
• Despite the EU and many of its member states setting ambitious goals, substantial hurdles remain, particularly the cost difference between SAF and conventional jet fuel.
• The EU's SAF industry is heavily dependent

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Latest Development: Several unrelated announcements focused on Brazil highlight the need for increased connectivity in rural areas to support and promote increased efficiency and productivity in primary industries such as agriculture. Satellite operator Intelsat is working with agriculture and infrastructure machinery vendor CNH, whereas Embratel

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• Sri Lanka’s economy returned to growth in Q323, and we think that output will rise by 4.0% in real terms in 2024. We have revised this forecast upwards following strong activity data in Q1 2024. 
• The recovery will be driven by rising household spending, increased manufacturing output, and a recovering tourism sector. 
• While we think that

Key View: In 2024, we expect Mexican consumer spending to slow but remain positive, driven by easing inflation, reduced interest rates, and a resilient labor market. Consumer confidence is at a post-Covid high, underpinning solid spending above pre-pandemic levels, despite signs of stagnation in retail sales growth. Slight increases in unemployment

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• We have lowered our forecast for Saudi Arabia's 2024 GDP growth from 2.4% to 2.1% due to a sharper than expected slowdown in the non-oil economy, as seen in Q1 2024.
• Oil production will normalise in 2024, putting headline growth in positive territory in the second half of the year, after a significant contraction in 2023 due to OPEC+