The construction sector will likely be a bright spot in an otherwise subdued economic growth story in 2016, as the widening infrastructure gap and recent fuel subsidy reforms have driven a surge of new government spending into a massive public infrastructure programme. Despite recording moderate recent increases in sales and prices, residential growth has slowed from the double-digit heyday of...
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Chapter | Construction & Real Estate from The Report: Indonesia 2017
The Indonesian government is in the midst of pursuing an ambitious new growth strategy, emphasizing investment over domestic consumption as a primary growth driver in the wake of depressed commodity prices, lagging household consumption and lower-than-anticipated government revenues.
A move to step up the pace of spending on infrastructure in Indonesia is beginning to yield results, in line with the government’s broader growth targets.
Planned overhauls to Indonesia’s infrastructure are moving ahead, as a raft of new power and transport projects lead the national drive to achieve middle-income status.
Articles & Analysis | Driving higher demand for property in Indonesia from The Report: Indonesia 2015
After showing substantial growth across the board in recent years, the Indonesian real estate market began a period of consolidation in late 2014 that is likely to last throughout 2015. This slow down in price rises has been broadly welcomed, however, as indicative of a maturing of the sector as it heads off previous fears of over heating. Despite the slower pace overall,...
Articles & Analysis | Indonesia's affordable housing schemes providing a step up from The Report: Indonesia 2015
Unlike other global economies, Indonesia largely surfed over the 2008-09 financial crisis, with the economy bucking Western trends and going into a strong, expansionary mode – chalking up 6.5% GDP growth in 2011 and over 5% growth in the years since. This came in the wake of strong economic growth in the years prior to 2008 as well, leaving the Indonesian per capita income in...