Iraq’s USD 100 billion gamble: Can dreams survive oil price decline & fiscal strain?
With about four million daily crude barrel production, Iraq depends mostly on unpredictable oil sales for around 90% of its national income...
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Saudi Arabia accelerates digital transformation with new transport initiatives
Along with cutting fuel use in the transportation sector by 25%, the strategy also aims to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities by more than 50%...
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...
Scotland faces a growing rural vs urban tech divide
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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...