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The EM Governance Review Contributor Desk writes explainers and analysis. Analysis is labelled as analysis. Outside contributors are named on the piece when they write under their own name.
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BriefingExplainer
Country Governance Briefing: Georgia's party-ban case reaches the court plenum
Seven judges will hear the ruling party's claim to outlaw five opposition parties, a Supreme Court vacancy reopens and EU money now bypasses the government.
PolicyAnalysis
Egypt's IMF programme nears its end with state ownership reform the open item
The IMF's July review leaves an execution plan for the State Ownership Policy, a US$1.5bn divestment goal and state bank governance fixes to be delivered before December.
PolicyAnalysis
IMF reviews for Madagascar and Liberia tie next steps to governance diagnostics
The Fund asks Madagascar to adopt a governance action plan and Liberia to publish its diagnostic and lift legal barriers to releasing officials' asset declarations.
BriefingExplainer
Country Governance Briefing: Uzbekistan widens court review of state bodies
Proposals to extend administrative justice, a merged education ministry, a stricter child-protection law and the IMF's list of unfinished governance reforms.
BriefingExplainer
Country Governance Briefing: Kazakhstan after its constitutional reset
A unicameral Kurultai, a restored vice-presidency, snap local elections on 29 November and a court fight over a 2.36 trillion tenge fine at Kashagan.
ESGExplainer
Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana on ISSB standards: dates, scope and assurance compared
Kenya and Ghana make ISSB reporting mandatory from 2027 and Nigeria from 2028, with private companies brought in later and assurance phased differently.
ComplianceAnalysis
Analysis: what the FATF's October plenary could mean for emerging-market grey listings
Côte d'Ivoire is expected to leave the list and the DRC is unlikely to; deadlines have expired for Vietnam and Cameroon, and Iraq faces its first plenary as listed.
SanctionsExplainer
OFAC's Russian diesel licence: what changes for emerging-market traders and banks
General License 135 opens a six-month window for Russian-origin diesel deals under US sanctions, while GL 13S rolls over a narrower tax-and-fees authorisation.
InstitutionExplainer
What NABU and SAPO's first-half 2026 figures count, and what they say blocks them
The agencies report 107 suspects, 106 defendants sent to trial and 55 guilty verdicts in six months, and press for an independent forensic body and wider SAPO powers.
ESGExplainer
CBAM part 1: for Türkiye, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, verified data now sets the bill
EU importers pay, but on 2026 default values a tonne of Kazakh semi-finished steel needs over three times the certificates of a Turkish one. Part 1 sets out the rules.
BriefingExplainer
Country Governance Briefing: Saudi Arabia's market regulator rewrites its rulebook
A new Capital Market Authority chairman, four rule consultations closing in late October, tougher auditor rules and the IMF's call to implement investor laws.
ESGExplainer
Brazil, Chile and Mexico on ISSB standards: three timetables after Chile's delay
Chile's regulator moved first ISSB reports to 2028. Mexico's issuers filed in 2026, and Brazil requires reasonable assurance from its first mandatory year.
ESGExplainer
What EU Omnibus I changes for emerging-market suppliers under CSRD and CSDDD
Directive (EU) 2026/470 limits CSRD to firms above 1,000 staff and EUR 450m turnover, and caps what large customers can demand of smaller suppliers.
