Falling sales and rising costs are pushing segments of Jordan’s mining industry to broaden their client base and expand value-added activities.
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Significant national budget surpluses provide ample funding to invest in industry and support the goals of the National Industrial Strategy 2015-35. The development of technology parks and a focus on electronics and electrical goods can boost the sector. Manufacturing remains the segment’s backbone, though the utilities segment also grew by an impressive 75.2% from 2006 to 2011. While the...
An expanding middle class and a broadening economic base have been cited as two of the driving forces behind the forecast for rapid expansion of the Indonesian automotive industry, with predictions that domestic and regional demand will combine to boost growth over the next few years. However, rising interest rates and a weaker rupiah may put a damper on sales in the more immediate term.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Sunny Verghese, Group Managing Director and CEO, Olam International from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
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Articles & Analysis | Laying the table: Government initiatives aim to encourage industrial investment from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
To support industrial and economic development, the government has adopted a multipronged approach: a public investment programme to rebuild and improve infrastructure; mobilisation of private sector investment through public-private partnerships; improvements to the business environment to stimulate private sector investment more broadly; and...
Articles & Analysis | Going downstream: Value-added manufacturing holds promise for an export-led economy from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
Accounting for a third of all cocoa exports, and blessed with an ideal climate for a range of cash crops, Côte d’Ivoire has long derived the bulk of its export income from raw, unprocessed agricultural produce. This reliance has, however, made it dependent to a large degree on the vagaries of international commodity markets, while much of the value...