A number of leading local firms are vying for lucrative construction contracts in neighbouring Gulf states and beyond, creating new opportunities for the sector.
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Economic update | Dubai: Building beyond borders
11 Jan 2012
Economic update | Turkey: Building opportunities
11 Jan 2012
The Van earthquake in late October, which stunned Turkey and dominated press headlines for weeks, has also brought renewed efforts to deal with the country’s decrepit and dangerous urban housing stock.
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.
The announcement in December that direct flights will soon link Beijing and Johannesburg was a fitting end to a year that has seen South Africa-China trade ties rise past expectations.
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.