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Después de un decepcionante nivel de crecimiento en 2013, el sector minorista de Colombia se ha recuperado con un mayor número de ventas en los siete primeros meses del año, reflejando un aumento de la confianza de los consumidores.

Efforts are being stepped up to ensure the sustainability of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) fisheries industry as illegal fishing threatens its long-term future. At the same time, the country is seeking to raise quality control to encourage more investment in onshore processing.

Le plus grand producteur de manganèse du Gabon, la Compagnie Minière de l’Ogooué (Comilog) a inauguré en août la toute première usine de transformation du minerai du Gabon, ce qui constitue une avancée importante pour la politique économique du pays, qui vise à faire du Gabon non plus un simple exportateur de ressources naturelles brutes mais une économie reposant sur une industrie à valeur ajoutée.

Buoyed by a rise in consumer spending, Thailand narrowly avoided a technical recession thanks to a surprise upswing in the second quarter. The new government is hoping this shift, combined with its own plans to increase public spending across key sectors, will help entice investors.

High levels of state and private sector investment will drive double-digit growth in Malaysia’s construction industry this year with momentum likely to be maintained into 2015 as more infrastructure projects roll off the drawing board.

Recent visits to Mongolia by Chinese and Russian Presidents, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, have cemented deals that may see the mineral-rich country double trade with its neighbours and achieve a wider market reach for its exports through the overhaul and expansion of its ageing rail network.