IF Insights: Decoding Apple’s India & Vietnam push
Apple is establishing a facility in India to produce more than 3.2 million iPhones for export to other nations...
Tag : infrastructure
Scotland faces a growing rural vs urban tech divide
by WebAdmin
Scotland's government has already taken note of this divide and has now announced plans to provide 900,000 homes in the North Lanarkshire region with full-fiber broadband...
Herbert Smith Freehills invests in asset finance in London and Singapore
Rex Rosales and Jahnavi Ramachandran will join the firm in London, while Siva Subramaniam and Samuel Kolehmainen will join in Singapore....
Why poor countries should invest first in national trade infrastructure
A country’s development prospects can be hurt if investment in domestic infrastructure is lagging investment in trade infrastructure...
China Q4 performance better than expectations
Infrastructure investment and housing market were the main drivers of growth...
China’s investment in Indonesia up from $600 million to $1.6 billion
Boost for President Joko Widodo’s ambitious program to build infrastructure IFM Correspondent November 1, 2016: Many countries are racing to invest in Indonesia, South East Asia’s biggest economy. Last week, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the economy will probably expand 5 percent this year, making Indonesia an attractive investment destination. According to reports from...
Iran’s aviation market is waiting to be tapped
Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya There is pent-up demand after years of sanctions but risks remain June 10, 2016: Iran has remained outside the international business community for close to 40 years now. Hence when sanctions were lifted this January, it was a gold rush for many. Being the 29th largest economy by GDP, Iran’s return to...
Indian aviation market to be third largest by 2020
Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya Main drivers for now are low fuel price, expanding middle class and high GDP growth June 8, 2016: The Indian aviation market is flying high. It is set to become the third largest in the world by 2020. With 81 million trips, the domestic market grew at about 19% during the 12...
Ruta Viva cuts travel time to Quito airport by half
Construtora Norberto Odebrecht, which was in charge of the construction of both phases, has won IFM’s Best Infrastructure Development Project Ecuador 2015 December 15, 2015: Ruta Viva, the highway that connects Ecuador’s capital city to two adjacent valleys, grew out of the pressing need to improve traffic circulation in the Metropolitan District of Quito, which...
‘With AIIB around, ADB will no longer be complacent’
ADB was not doing much lending before as Japan was too busy trying to put its own house in order Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya July 31, 2015: Since the day China announced its intention to set up Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), US has been skeptical about its intention. Same with Japan. Though initially, supporters were...