08 Mar 2021
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How was your weekend?
We spent ours reading through the over 140-page draft of the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) for National Economic and Social Development.
Spoiler alert: There weren’t many surprises.
Back in October, the Party’s recommendations for the FYP set out all the big prioriti...
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