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With an increased emphasis on delivering connection quality and boosting the use of value-added services (VAS), Indonesia’s intensely competitive telecoms sector is in transition. This entails substantial investments in infrastructure and greater efforts by operators to improve service quality. Over the coming years, the structure of the sector may also change, as players collaborate more closely or even consolidate.

Una radical reforma en el sistema colombiano de salud está en marcha ya que el gobierno comienza a implementar planes para lograr igualdad y accesibilidad en los regímenes de seguridad social.

Grâce à des changements apportés au marché de la réassurance au Gabon, celui-ci devrait être amené à se développer et à professionnaliser le paiement de primes d’assurance. Mais les défis sont encore nombreux, notamment parce que les assureurs ont des difficultés à payer les indemnisations dans le nouveau délai de tolérance fixé à trois mois.

Moves to liberalise Malaysia’s pensions market are expected to galvanise the Islamic finance market, already a key segment of the country’s economy, though greater regulatory oversight will be needed to bolster investor confidence in the sector.

Buoyed by positive growth in 2011, Abu Dhabi looks set to see a strong economic performance again this year. Though efforts to diversify the economy continue, high oil prices ensured that energy was the emirate’s strongest performer last year, even as non-oil sectors’ contribution to GDP increased.

A new investment stream is set to pour into Thailand’s property sector with the upcoming release of real estate investment trusts (REITs), bringing the country into line with many of its regional neighbours. Details are still unclear, however, on when exactly investors will be able to take advantage of the new tool.