Although it may never compete with neighbours with well-established manufacturing sectors and economies of scale, Mongolia has the potential to meet domestic needs and produce goods, such as meat and cashmere for export. The move into mass production faces a host of constraints: Mongolia has a small domestic market, poor infrastructure, a growing minerals sector competing for labour and capital...
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Chapter | Industry & Retail from The Report: Mongolia 2013
Continued expansion of the economy and the increasing reach of leading shopping chains outside the major cities will help drive growth in the Philippines retail sector in the medium term. However, there is also a possibility that smaller outlets could be swamped by the rising tide of malls and large-scale developments.
At the base of the Arabian Peninsula, occupying a landmass slightly larger than Italy, Oman is the largest country in the GCC after Saudi Arabia. In recent years, the non-OPEC oil exporter’s economy has been undergoing a steady transformation, reorienting from oil toward a more diverse set of service and industry-based economic activities. So far, progress has been promising. In 2011 oil and gas accounted for 38.8% GDP.
Chapter | Industry & Retail from The Report: Oman 2013
As part of a strategy to diversify the economy away from the oil and gas sector, efforts are continuing apace within the industrial sector. In particular, the government is working to expand steel production, as regional demand is expected to increase in line with large-scale projects underway in the GCC region. The aluminium industry, for example, is showing signs of good growth, with new...
Economic update | Ghana: Tapping demand in retail
19 Dec 2012
A rise in purchasing power and a shift towards formal retail space is helping burnish a positive outlook for retailers in Ghana. Mall retailing is still in its infancy, particularly outside the capital, but international brands and developers are increasingly enthusiastic about the country.
Le secteur du commerce de détail gabonais s’apprête à recevoir une importante injection de capitaux l’année prochaine, suite à la signature d’un contrat avec le groupe suisse Webcor, portant sur la construction du plus grand marché que Libreville ait jamais connu. Le lancement du projet, prévu pour début 2013, constitue une étape importante dans les efforts du pays de professionnaliser le secteur, qui reste dominé par le commerce informel.