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Interviews & Viewpoints | Mohammed Khalil Alsayed, CEO, Ithmaar Development Company: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2020
Interviews & Viewpoints | Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, CEO, Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA): Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2020
How is real estate performing currently, and what input will the RERA have in shaping the future of the real estate market in Bahrain?
Articles & Analysis | Mega-projects drive construction growth in Bahrain from The Report: Bahrain 2020
As a significant contributor to growth, Bahrain’s construction sector stood as the fastest-growing non-oil sector in 2018. Its expansion was supported by a surge in investment into infrastructure for energy, manufacturing and real estate. Rates of growth and lending have risen steadily in recent years on the back of a major oil and gas...
Articles & Analysis | China's Belt and Road Initiative energises global construction industry from The Report: Bahrain 2020
From 206 BCE to 220 CE, China’s Han dynasty fostered a booming trade industry for silk, a precious commodity in high demand among the elites of the Mediterranean. The Silk Road was the name given to the network of trade routes connecting the East and West at the time. Later, spices and other precious cargo would be traded using the system,...
Chapter | Construction & Real Estate from The Report: Bahrain 2020
Bahrain’s construction sector was one of the fastest-growing non-oil sectors. Its expansion was supported by a surge in investment into infrastructure for energy, manufacturing and real estate. Rates of growth and lending have risen steadily on the back of a major oil and gas modernisation programme and a number of big-ticket projects. Real estate in Bahrain has remained resilient in the face...
Articles & Analysis | Construction supply chain to include more Oman-made materials from The Report: Oman 2020
With manufacturing identified as one of the priority sectors under Oman’s Industrial Strategy 2040, the government is seeking to reduce reliance on imports by increasing domestic production of construction materials such as cement, steel and aluminium. To this end, the National Programme for Enhancing Economic Diversification, or Tanfeedh, is...