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For the past two years, Nigerian banks and real estate developers have invested heavily in the high-end real estate sector, encouraged by high levels of liquidity following a number of consolidations and skyrocketing prices. This year's drop in oil prices, however, and the collapse of the stock exchange, has led to a renewed interest in the solid, if less lucrative, affordable housing segment.

Though many of Thailand’s leading insurance firms are predicting solid annual results, with policies written and premiums earned expected to rise, it is unlikely the industry will achieve the growth levels recorded in recent years as the effects of the global economic crisis take hold.

Malaysia's construction industry is set to rebound from the slowdown of the local economy, with both private and state funds flowing to new projects that are helping to boost confidence as the country works to increase future supply of infrastructure and property.

At a glance the Philippine educational system appears healthy, robust and efficient. The reputation of Filipino nurses, teachers, engineers, accountants and other service-related workers is well established. Global demand for skilled English-speaking Filipino workers often masks the fact that the country’s educational system faces a number of challenges – not least of which is a shortage of teachers caused by the exodus of many of the Philippines’ brightest in search of more lucrative opportunities abroad.

Sharjah's construction industry has managed to work its way through the global financial crisis, avoiding the slump that other regional economies have witnessed.