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Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Indonesia 2012
An archipelago of over 17,500 islands, Indonesia is today the world’s fourth-largest country by population, at 245m. The astonishing diversity of ethnicities and cultures comes together in a democratic framework under the pancasila, or “five principles”: nationalism, humanitarianism, representative democracy, social welfare and monotheism
Malgré la période de turbulences économiques qui a suivi le spectaculaire changement politique du début d’année en Tunisie, un optimisme prudent semble gagner du terrain et annonce pour 2012 la reprise d’une économie tunisienne quelque peu ébranlée en 2011.
Economic update | Thailand: Year in Review 2011
10 Jan 2012
News regarding Thailand was dominated during 2011 by political change and environmental catastrophe, with both having important economic impacts. For most of the year however, the country’s investment story was one of growing foreign interest on the back of steady economic growth.
Glowing assessments of Papua New Guinea's economic outlook see natural resource wealth leading growth for this year, with positive implications for the country's broader development. However, external factors threaten to post challenges to a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
Economic update | Qatar: Year In Review 2011
9 Jan 2012
Having ended 2011 on a high, with its economy growing at break-neck speed, inflation under control and a stepped-up programme of infrastructure investments being rolled out, Qatar is well placed to continue similar growth this year. Yet with the spectre of recession hanging heavy in the air in Europe, and a scaling back of expectations in some major Asian economies, the country may find that in 2012 many of its achievements are consolidated rather than eclipsed.