Pub date: 15 Dec 2011 Africa / Algeria Infrastructure Industry Report
Growth in Algeriaâs construction industry will bounce back in 2011 demonstrating the resilience of the sector. Continued revenue from the countryâs extensive oil and gas resources has helped to power... Read More
Pub date: 16 Feb 2012 Africa / Angola Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: A severe infrastructure deficit and the number of projects currently underway in Angola - particularly in the transportation and the housing sectors - give us optimism about sustained growt... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Latin America / Argentina Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Argentina's infrastructure sector remains dependent to some extent on a US$10bn credit agreement from China. In addition, events in Q411 reinforced our view that the financial support of m... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Asia / Australia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We continue to expect anaemic growth for the construction sector in 2012, with real growth forecast to reach 1.5%. This is mainly due to the poor outlook for the residential building sector... Read More
Pub date: 03 Jan 2012 Middle East / Bahrain Infrastructure Industry Report
Despite a relative calming of tensions in Bahrain, uncertainty persists continue to undermine investor confidence in Bahrainâs previously stable construction market. The tumultuous events in 2011 hav... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: A highly uncertain political set-up and vulnerability to the eurozone debt crisis are likely to act as major dampeners for solid growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)'s construction activi... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Latin America / Brazil Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We remain confident that Brazil's construction industry will post strong growth over the medium term, fuelled by the government's commitment to improving infrastructure to support economic ... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Sitting on the outskirts of the EU, Bulgaria's investment environment has been badly dented by lack of confidence in the wake of the eurozone crisis. Reticence from the private sector, comb... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 2012 Asia / Cambodia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Our robust outlook for Cambodia's construction sector in 2011 appears well-founded, with the number of approved projects in the sector still growing at a rapid pace. Going into 2012, we hav... Read More
Pub date: 17 Feb 2012 Africa / Cameroon Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The broader economic situation in Cameroon is stable and generally positive. Growth is forecast to accelerate slightly over 2011 while inflation is set to remain below 3%. Cameroon is centr... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Canada's construction industry will continue to outperform its developed market peers over the medium term, driven by strong activity across all subsectors of the industry. A combination of... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Latin America / El Salvador Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The Central America region is a mixed bag; whilst opportunities are on offer across the region, the risks in some countries are prohibitive. Escalating violence and exposure to internationa... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Latin America / Chile Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The strong growth seen over 2011 is expected to moderate in 2012; however, activity will remain robust, accelerating in 2013 and 2014. A combination of residential construction and industri... Read More
Pub date: 20 Feb 2012 Asia / China Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Our view on the unwinding of spending on railways is playing out, with the latest figures emerging from China suggesting an 80% reduction in high speed rail spending y-o-y. The fatal accide... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Latin America / Colombia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Colombia's deficient infrastructure remains its biggest obstacle to achieving economic growth. However, President Santos has carried through several structural changes that have prompted o... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Cote d`Ivoire Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: While we continue to expect lacklustre growth in Côte dâIvoireâs infrastructure market in 2011, we see increasing likelihood of growth returning to the positive territory from 2012. A combi... Read More
Pub date: 20 Dec 2011 Europe / Croatia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The outlook for the Croatian infrastructure sector continues to remain grim in the face of slackened economic growth both domestically and within the region. Although the governmentâs pledg... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: In line with significantly revised GDP estimates from the Czech Statistical Office, the Czech Republic's construction and infrastructure industry value has become a victim of limited cash f... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Africa / Tanzania Infrastructure Industry Report
Kenya BMI View: Kenya's booming construction industry has faced significant headwinds, as rampant inflation - due to a weak shilling, among other factors - has seen building costs soar. Moreover, wi... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Latin America / Ecuador Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The latest data reinforces our view that Ecuador's construction industry witnessed a stellar 2011, as elevated oil prices and rampant consumer credit growth helped drive investment in infr... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Infrastructure Industry Report
While the 4.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) real growth we estimate took place within Egypt's construction sector in 2011 can be viewed as relatively positive, it does not reflect the underlying problems fac... Read More
Pub date: 17 Feb 2012 Europe / Estonia Infrastructure Industry Report
Although with much downside risk remaining, Estoniaâs construction industry saw a recovery through most of 2011 after two years of decline. Much of this recovery was driven by European Union (EU) su... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Europe / France Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: A worsening outlook for the French economy has resulted in BMI downgrading its forecast for the country's construction industry value from growth of 1.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) last quarter t... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Germany Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: As the Eurozone crisis grinds on, the uncertainty spreading to the German infrastructure sector grows. An underlying trend toward a slowdown has weakened forecasts for 2012. The constructio... Read More
Pub date: 16 Feb 2012 Africa / Ghana Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Ghana has a nascent oil and gas sector and we believe that infrastructure sector growth will be driven by the demand for auxiliary infrastructure. This is fully in line with BMI's view that... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Europe / Greece Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Greece's construction industry is expected to remain in recession for the sixth consecutive year in 2012, and we do not expect a recovery until 2015. There are some upside risks to this for... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Asia / Hong Kong Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Construction activity in Hong Kong has moderately improved in the second half of 2011, with an increase in land supply boosting activity in the residential and non-residential building con... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Hungary Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We are penciling in a return to positive growth in Hungary's construction industry value in 2013, following a gradual improvement in the sector's output in late 2011. However, news that the... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Asia / India Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Statistical data shows that construction and infrastructure activity in India remained weak through the first nine months of FY2011/12 (April-March), justifying our view of a prolonged soft... Read More
Pub date: 14 May 2012 Asia / Indonesia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We have revised down our 2012 construction forecasts for Indonesia, with real growth expected to reach around 6.9% in 2012 (previously 7.1%). This revision is primarily due to a government ... Read More
Pub date: 30 Apr 2012 Middle East / Iran Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Due to rising inflation, estimated above 20%, we have adjusted Iran's construction industry forecast down to -3% for 2012. This pattern is expected to be maintained until 2016, after which ... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Middle East / Iraq Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: According to the latest data released by the Central Organisation for Statistics, Iraq's construction sector has been booming. The data confirms our optimistic outlook for the sector, and ... Read More
Pub date: 21 Nov 2011 Middle East / Israel Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Infrastructure and construction indicators from the national statistics office point to a strong rebound in the first months of 2011, corroborating our 2011 forecast for real growth of 4.2%... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Asia / Japan Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Our view that Japan's post-Tohoku reconstruction efforts would have to wait until 2012 continues to play out. Robust growth in construction orders since the crisis has yet to translate into... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Kazakhstan Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Strong resource demand continues to drive Kazakhstan's construction industry, with yearon- year (y-o-y) growth of 6.0% forecast for 2012. Thereafter, between 2013 and 2021, annual average ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Feb 2012 Middle East / Kuwait Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Given the precedent for political gridlock and the resulting project delays, foreign investor and private sector players remain wary of Kuwaitâs infrastructure market, despite large public ... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Europe / Latvia Infrastructure Industry Report
Although Latviaâs construction industry made significant strides in emerging from sharp contractions through 2011, BMIâs calculations show that the sector will not quite escape further shrinkage for ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Africa / Libya Infrastructure Industry Report
2011 was a momentous year for Libya. A 10-month civil war sparked by the Arab Spring in February saw Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafiâs regime toppled and the leader himself later killed in October. T... Read More
Pub date: 27 Jan 2012 Europe / Lithuania Infrastructure Industry Report
Gaping budget deficits, overleveraged households, deflating asset bubbles and weak external demand all helped bring about a significant reversal in growth trends in Lithuaniaâs construction sector du... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Asia / Malaysia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The recovery in Malaysia's construction sector has continued unabated, with real growth estimated to have reached 3.4% in 2011. We believe that construction activity will remaining relative... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Latin America / Mexico Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Our forecast that Mexico's construction industry would post robust, if not spectacular, growth over 2011 has proven true, with estimated real growth of 4.8%. Robust growth is likely to be ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Feb 2012 Africa / Morocco Infrastructure Industry Report
The year 2010 saw Moroccoâs construction sector enter a new phase of growth after its recent slowdown. Although bad weather and flooding muted growth in early-2010, a strong pipeline of projects, mul... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Nigeria Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Investment continues to flow into the Nigerian construction sector as low inflation bolsters growth levels. Revised figures suggest that year-on -year (y-o-y) growth will be 9.5% for 2012, ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Middle East / Oman Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Despite continuing political turmoil, Oman's construction sector shows positive trends for the rest of 2012. Construction industry value is forecast to rise to US$5.4bn by 2016 from just US... Read More
Pub date: 10 Feb 2012 Asia / Pakistan Infrastructure Industry Report
Pakistanâs construction and infrastructure forecast is negative for 2012, based on declining investor confidence. The energy and utilities sector remains strong, however, with a number of hydro and w... Read More
Pub date: 09 Dec 2011 Latin America / Peru Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: H1 2011 elections in Peru have played havoc with an otherwise strong growth market. The presidential elections both saw construction work halted in the run-up and uncertainty in the afterma... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Asia / Philippines Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The announcement that the Philippines may potentially release just two public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in 2011 has transformed our relatively positive view of the ... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Poland Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The artificial demand created in the Polish construction industry is beginning to subside as projects near completion ahead of the Euro 2012 football tournament. Going forward, BMI expects ... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 2012 Middle East / Qatar Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: With construction and energy projects worth US$125bn planned over the coming years, Qatar's construction industry will strengthen its position as one of the region's top performing markets.... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Europe / Romania Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Positive signs of growth are returning for the construction sector in 2012; however, the path is still fragile. Real growth for the year is forecast at 4.2%, with construction industry valu... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Europe / Russia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The completion of the tender for the first phase of the Western High Speed Diameter is certainly the major development in Russiaâs transport sector for 2011. An international consortium was... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Middle East / Saudi Arabia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Saudi Arabia's already buoyant construction sector was given a further boost in 2011, after a flurry of contracts worth US$71.2bn were awarded. This is a trend we expect to continue in the ... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Asia / Singapore Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: While construction activity in Singapore is on course to remain weak in 2011, we believe that a mild recovery in 2012 is in the works, with our forecasts showing real growth for the constru... Read More
Pub date: 10 Feb 2012 Europe / Slovakia Infrastructure Industry Report
The June 2010 change to a centre-right government was hardly a watershed moment which heralded greater certainty in Slovakiaâs infrastructure sector, and its effective collapse in October 2011 inflam... Read More
Pub date: 21 Nov 2011 Europe / Slovenia Infrastructure Industry Report
The outlook for Sloveniaâs economy, along with Europe, the US and, to a lesser extent, emerging markets, was reduced in the second half of 2011. Sloveniaâs central bank warned in October 2011 that it... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: South Africa's severe hangover from pre-World Cup excesses continues to weigh heavily on the growth outlook for the construction sector. Despite the governments continued pledges towards a ... Read More
Pub date: 20 Feb 2012 Asia / South Korea Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We noticed an easing in the pace of contraction in South Korea's construction activity towards the end of 2011 - an indication that construction activity is picking up in the country, despi... Read More
Pub date: 21 Mar 2012 Africa / Zimbabwe Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Botswana's construction industry is in line for robust average annual growth of 5% between 2012 and 2016, as economic diversification, strong mining sector investment and growing per capita... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Sudan Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Though a lack of data for the separate entities impedes accurate forecasting, we believe the Sudanese economy will endure a sharp recession in 2012. The lack of administrative systems to c... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Asia / Taiwan Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We believe that construction activity in Taiwan could remain relatively lacklustre in 2012 and have revised down our construction forecasts for 2012 and 2013, from 5.5% and 8.1% to 4.4% and... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Tanzania Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We see the government's major infrastructure expansion programme - which will involve the construction of new ports, railways and power infrastructure - as not only positive for overall eco... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Asia / Thailand Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The latest data from the Thailand National Economic and Social Development Board shows that, in real terms, Thailand's construction sector contracted by 5.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the thi... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Europe / Turkey Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Waning confidence in the Turkish construction sector prompts us to believe that the market is poised for a moderate 8.3% growth in 2011 and an even slower 7.2% growth in 2012. However, we ... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Africa / Uganda Infrastructure Industry Report
Uganda continues to attract high levels of foreign investment despite unrest, endemic corruption and wildly fluctuating currency prices. The strength of the countryâs natural resources have ensured t... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Europe / Ukraine Infrastructure Industry Report
???? BMI View: Ukraineâs beleaguered construction sector shows continued signs of growth thanks largely to the impetus of the 2012 football championships. We maintain our forecasts for growth this q... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Middle East / United Arab Emirates Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Following the 2008 financial crisis, the UAE's construction sector is gradually recovering with public investments now driving activity and picking up some of the slack left behind from the... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / United Kingdom Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: While the 2.7% real growth recorded by the UK construction industry in 2011 compares favourably to GDP growth of 1%, the headline industry growth figure exaggerates the health of the UKs c... Read More
Pub date: 20 Apr 2012 North America / United States Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: We are confident that 2011 was another weak year for the construction industry and are therefore maintaining our 1.7% estimated contraction for the year. Our outlook for 2012 also remains ... Read More
Pub date: 13 Jan 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Infrastructure Industry Report
Despite fundamental and deep-rooted problems in Venezuelaâs construction industry, 2011 should see it return to growth, following two years of contraction. The governmentâs plan to ramp up housing c... Read More
Pub date: 16 Feb 2012 Asia / Vietnam Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: The adverse monetary conditions in Vietnam are set to see a reversal, with the constant decline in inflation providing greater leeway for an expansionary monetary policy in 2012. That said,... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Africa / Ghana Infrastructure Industry Report
Ghana BMI View: Ghana has a nascent oil and gas sector which, as it grows, will drive demand for auxiliary infrastructure. This is fully in line with BMI's view that mining in frontier markets will ... Read More
Pub date: 22 Mar 2012 Middle East / Yemen Infrastructure Industry Report
Political stability in Yemen has deteriorated quickly. Large-scale anti-regime protests have turned violent, and the government has responded with a brutal crackdown on protestors, resulting in dozen... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Africa / Zambia Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Zambia's construction industry has grown at a rapid pace, with average real industry growth of 15.3% over the past ten years (2000-2010). Over the next five years growth will be lower than ... Read More
Pub date: 19 Sep 2008 Global / Africa Infrastructure Special Report
Introducing the first instalment of BMIâs four-part series on infrastructure in Africa. The report offers an overview of the current state of play within infrastructure in Southern Africaâs eight stat... Read More
Pub date: 21 Oct 2008 Global / Africa Infrastructure Special Report
Introducing the second instalment of BMIâs four-part series on infrastructure in Africa. The report offers an overview of the current state of play within infrastructure in North Africaâs five states ... Read More
Pub date: 19 Nov 2008 Global / Africa Infrastructure Special Report
Introducing the third instalment of BMIâs four-part series on infrastructure in Africa. The report offers an overview of the current state of play of the infrastructure sector in six countries in Cent... Read More
Pub date: 01 Jan 2009 Global / Africa Infrastructure Special Report
Introducing the fourth and final instalment of BMIâs four-part series on infrastructure in Africa. The report offers an in-depth analysis of the current state of play of the infrastructure sector in t... Read More
Pub date: 01 Apr 2011 Global / Asia Infrastructure Special Report
BMI's analyses the threats and opportunities for infrastructure investments in the Asia-Pacific Mining Sector.... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2011 Global Infrastructure Special Report
Impact on Economics of Nuclear Power BMI View: The proliferation of shale gas E&P activity in the US has turned the energy market on its head and is having a profound impact on investment calcula... Read More
Pub date: 18 Mar 2011 Global Infrastructure Special Report
EM Sporting Event Hosts Creating Hype BMI View: Substantial buzz has been created around the next three FIFA World Cup host countries-Brazil (2014), Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022). The combination ... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2011 Global / Asia Infrastructure Special Report
By 2020, BMI forecasts that the value of India's and China's residential and non-residential construction industries will have more than quadrupled and doubled in size respectively compared to 2010... Read More
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