In an effort to meet rising domestic demand and keep the cost of imports to a minimum, Oman is looking to boost its production of natural gas. However, the levels of investment necessary to exploit...
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Economic Update | Oman: Hitting the gas
24 Mar 2011
Economic Update | Malaysia: Mining rare earth
23 Mar 2011
The government of Malaysia recently agreed to allow an Australian company to build a new rare earths processing plant in the country – the first such plant to be constructed outside of China in...
Economic Update | Indonesia: Regulations in need of review
23 Mar 2011
The need to relax rigid labour restrictions that enforce high severance pay and make it hard to fire staff is becoming a priority for Indonesia. With outdated employment laws affecting investor...
Economic Update | Thailand: Ringing up sales
23 Mar 2011
Having posted sales increases of up to 15%, Thailand’s retailers are looking to build on the strong performance of the past year as they look ahead into 2011. Concerns over lingering political...
Economic Update | Qatar: Going into overdrive
23 Mar 2011
With the government and international agencies alike predicting GDP to expand by almost 20% this year, and a budget surplus in the double-digit billions, Qatar’s economy is set to outstrip nearly all...
Economic Update | Sharjah: Banking on growth
22 Mar 2011
The conservative approaches to money management employed by for four Sharjah-based lenders have paid off judging by their year-end financial statements for 2010, which have recently been released.
