After dropping 83% between 2007 and 2009, foreign direct investment (FDI) into Malaysia staged an impressive comeback. By 2010 the 2007 mark was broken. The next year, FDI was up another 12.2%. What transpired has no single explanation. In part, the remarkable rebound was just a recognition that the pullback was an overreaction – to a great extent...
While the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) remains the cornerstone of foreign policy, Malaysia has long been engaged in other bilateral and multilateral alliances, pacts, agreements and treaties. These now place it in a truly global web of security, economic and cultural connections.
Although underdeveloped by both international and regional standards, Algeria’s insurance market has seen rapid growth in recent years. Public companies dominate the sector, but private firms are gradually increasing their market share. Property and casualty products make up the bulk of premiums, accounting for 92.4% of premiums in 2011, on a total...
Although insurance penetration in Algeria is still low by regional and world standards, the sector is growing quickly. Total premiums have almost doubled between 2006 and 2011, giving a compound annual growth rate of 13.55% from a starting point of AD45.82bn (€439.87m). Profits also increased during the same period, with net income as a percentage...
Benefitting from rising income levels supported by economic growth and strong hydrocarbons receipts, the country’s young and growing population increasingly expects to find international brands in local shops. While smaller, informal outlets still dominate the retail landscape in Algeria, new and modern shopping centres have recently started to...
As Algeria’s economy has picked up again in recent years, the country has had difficulties meeting the growing demand for steel and iron, particularly in light of large-scale state-led plans for infrastructure development. To address this problem, in mid-2011 the government pledged to invest millions of euros over five years to boost domestic steel...
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