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A regulatory overhaul is paving the way for Papua New Guinea to focus on developing the processing side of its fisheries industry, supporting the country’s plans to become a major downstream player in the global tuna market. 

The cashmere industry in Mongolia is making its mark on the global fibres market, with an abundance of quality raw materials and continuing investment in downstream processing capacity.

Presented by the new government of Trinidad and Tobago on October 5, the draft budget signals an early attempt on the part of the administration to tackle the country’s changing fiscal balance.

On the back of impressive global growth, the opening of the Islamic financial services (IFS) sector in Ghana is expected to create new financing and lending opportunities in the coming years, with sharia-compliant banking offering particular potential in the retail and small and medium-sized enterprise segments.

After a boom in commercial development in Jakarta, there are concerns that a combination of oversupply, rising prices and slower economic growth could dampen demand, though serviced office space in the CBD and developments in secondary cities continue to offer opportunities.

While falling oil revenues have prompted plans to scale back or reschedule some of Saudi Arabia’s programmes, the government has signalled that health projects will remain largely protected.