With rapid population growth and an increasingly diverse economy, demand for utilities – including electricity, water and wastewater services – has grown considerably in recent years. The sector will need to continue expanding at around 6-10% to meet growing water and electricity demand, meaning that utilities provision remains a top priority. Furthermore, while the vast majority of Abu Dhabi’s...
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Economic update | Ghana: Mining matters
25 Feb 2013
With the elections now largely over, barring the final resolution of a handful of court cases contesting the results, Ghana’s government has a backlog of decisions to make, and one of the sectors that will be affected by this is mining.
The mining sector is one of Myanmar’s biggest earners, and the government is keen to entice more foreign investors to support its development. Reforms to the 1994 mining law should help ease restrictions on ownership, which will benefit international and domestic firms alike. However, a number of proposed changes to the law, as well as highly publicised protests at local mines, may lessen the sector’s appeal to some investors.
Como uno de los centros logísticos más importantes del mundo, Panamá cuenta con varias ventajas sobre sus pares regionales en la competencia por establecer una industria manufacturera con valor agregado. Si bien otros sectores como el turismo y las finanzas lideran el crecimiento económico, los nichos de manufactura especializados enfocados en productos de valor agregado muestran un gran potencial de desarrollo.
Articles & Analysis | Well-oiled machine: Continually improving infrastructure and regulations support growth from The Report: Dubai 2013
In February 2007 the government of Dubai released a blueprint outlining its future economic, social and political development goals. Named the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015, this document has largely guided the government’s approach to economic development. Although the global economic crisis has presented obstacles to further development, the...
Articles & Analysis | A free hand: Free and industrial zones facilitate expansion of manufacturing from The Report: Dubai 2013
After the Second World War, winds of change were sweeping across the Gulf region – oil was flowing out, profits were flowing in and a polity was forming among the former Trucial States, which now make up the UAE. In this context of change and development, the authorities in Dubai were laying the groundwork for an economic growth strategy novel to...