• Construction

    OBG’s Construction sector analysis highlights investment opportunities in the infrastructure, residential, commercial and industrial segments. Government policies are reviewed along with labour, materials and land costs, trends in bank lending and the public tendering process.
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Chapter | Construction from The Report: Qatar 2017

A quick look at the Doha skyline reveals just how much activity there is in Qatar’s construction sector currently. Activity in the capital is just one aspect of the work being done, however, with highways, housing estates and hypermarkets now also being built around the country. A huge amount of investment is going into Qatar’s infrastructure, along with its real estate, providing some of the...

2017 proved a turbulent year for Qatar, dominated by the diplomatic rift that emerged between the country and several other regional states in June 2017. However, Qatar has adapted quickly, with many in the local business community confident about the future.

 

Although Indonesia is home to one of the fastest-growing construction industries in Asia, with foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the sector surging between 2013 and 2015, FDI dropped to a seven-year low in 2016, even as the number of new projects increased.

 

What impact do you expect the ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA) scheme to have on infrastructure development priorities for the region?

 

Following several years of robust expansion supported by the launch and implementation of a major public infrastructure programme emphasising significant new transportation, utilities and social infrastructure builds, Indonesia’s construction industry is set to remain on a rapid growth path. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) continue to dominate...

 

Online property portals were among the first e-businesses to benefit from widespread popular appeal in Indonesia, and new sites and apps serving the Indonesian market have proliferated over the last decade. Recent entrants have sought to move beyond the traditional classified-listing model, with larger property sites increasingly diversifying...

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