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  • Iran attracts $6B for new power plants

    IRAN, 2017/08/26 Since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran has been able to attract $6 billion worth of foreign investment to construct new power plants, according to Thermal Power Plants Holding Company CEO Mohsen Tarztalab. This is while before the nuclear transaction, investment in new power plants had started on a downward trend, Tarztalab said, IRNA news agency reported August 25.
  • Eurozone Construction Output Falls For Second Month

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2017/08/22 Eurozone construction output decreased for the second straight month in June, Eurostat reported Friday. Construction output declined 0.5 % month-on-month in June, bigger than the 0.2 % decrease seen in May.
  • Construction begins on South Africa’s new $7.4bn smart city

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2017/08/20 Construction has begun on the new $7.4 billion (R84 billion ZAR) new city in Modderfontein, Johannesburg, owned by Hong Kong listed Shanghai Zendai, with development of 300 residential units underway. Plans to build a new city were unveiled last year in April by founder Zikhang Dai and some of the roads were reportedly by presently underway. Shanghai Zendai acquired 1600 hectares of land in Modderfontein in 2013 from explosives and chemicals company AECI which sold it for R1.06 billion.
  • Africa's Infrastructure Spending Drops

    ANGOLA, 2017/08/20 Africa's infrastructure investment spending decreased in 2016 compared 2015, according to Deloitte 2016 African construction trends statement. In 2016, 286 projects worth 50m and additional were being built in Africa, down from 301 in 2015. The fall in in general capital price was $51bn — from a total of $375bn in 2015 to a total of 324bn in 2016.The statement, released on Tuesday, said there were 109 projects worth a total of $140bn in Southern Africa in 2015. For 2016, project numbers had fallen to 85, worth $93bn. “Africa has seen a downturn in both the number and price of projects included this year, in contrast to previous years,” said Jean-Pierre Labuschagne, Deloitte Africa infrastructure and capital projects leader.
  • Uganda: Fuel Theft Disrupts Kanoni - Sembabule Road Construction

    UGANDA, 2017/08/02 The company contracted to build the Kanoni-Sembabule-Villa Maria road, has expressed concern over rising cases of theft of fuel meant for the road works. The 110-kilometre road, which is currently under construction by China Railway No.3 Engineering Group, links Gomba, Sembabule and Bukomansimbi districts.
  • 肯尼亚将投资4.2亿美元升级本国非洲公路走廊路段

    肯尼亚, 2017/08/01 肯尼亚总统肯雅塔公布投资4.2亿美元,将肯尼亚北部现有从伊西奥洛至莫亚莱(Isiolo-Moyale)的道路升级改造为沥青公路。 伊西奥洛-莫亚莱公路全长363公里,直通埃塞俄比亚边境,是非洲公路走廊(Trans-Africa HighwayCorridor)在肯尼亚境内的路段,也是(肯尼亚)拉穆港(Lamu Port)-南苏丹-埃塞俄比亚走廊项意图重要组成部分。该项目将成为连通肯尼亚港口和南苏丹、埃塞俄比亚等内陆国家的商贸和交通要道。 中国进出口银行和非洲开发银行将对伊西奥洛-莫亚莱公路升级改造项目提供资金支持。
  • Indonesia Infrastructure, connectivity number one priority

    INDONESIA, 2017/05/28 Government enacts large-scale infrastructure development to boost long-term economic increase and improve national competitiveness As Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving prime minister and the initial woman to have been elected to that office once famously said, “You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure”. This wry observation rings particularly authentic at the same time as applied to Indonesia today. Since the establishment of the Republic in 1949, the Indonesian economy and social development that has been held back by a pronounced lack in the quality and quantity of its infrastructure. Certainly this is due to the lack of investment during the colonial period and the vast damage inflicted onto the country by World War Two and the subsequent struggle for independence.
  • Ernesto M. Pernia Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

    PHILIPPINES, 2017/05/28 In this interview with The Worldfolio, Mr. Ernesto M. Pernia (PhD), Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning at the Philippines’ National Economic and Development Authority, speaks about efforts to bring about development and better social inclusion and the ‘0-10 point’ socioeconomic schedule. On May 9th of 2016, president Rodrigo Duterte was elected with additional than 39% of the vote giving him a 15-point victory over the second best performing candidate. While a lot of western media were caught offside by the landslide victory, the people of the Philippines truly believe in the message of social inclusiveness, economic decentralization and social order; as shown by his 91% approval rating in a little while next the election. What is your take on the election results and what are the major drivers behind it?
  • 《阿拉伯经济与建设》集团公布2017年计划

    非洲, 2017/05/11 据黎巴嫩《阿拉伯经济与建设》杂志报道,在萨阿德·哈里里总理的大力支持下,《阿拉伯经济与建设》集团召开会议发布其2017年计划,包含在15个国家召开的27场研讨会,除黎巴嫩外,也将在沙特阿拉伯、埃及、约旦、土耳其、希腊及一些非洲国家等举办。 黎巴嫩国务部长让·伍加西比彦代表哈里里总理参加了此次会议,部分部长及其他阿拉伯国家驻黎使节也参加了会议,其中有电信部长贾迈勒·杰拉赫、经贸部长拉伊德·扈里、前总理福阿德·西尼乌拉及部分前任部长。
  • SOEs increase capacity to accelerate infrastructure development

    INDONESIA, 2017/04/19 SOEs such as PT PP will be critical to realizing Indonesia’s infrastructure ambitions. The company has ambitions beyond this, with plans to become ASEAN’s major integrated construction company by 2018 Spearheading Indonesia’s infrastructure boom are efforts by the country’s national-owned enterprises (SOEs). Following dramatic increases in national budget allocation, the construction phases of a number of key projects were implemented by these organizations over the last schedule year, such as the Trans-Sumatra toll road, which is under construction.