Saturday, August 23rd, 2014
A new report says global spending for capital projects and infrastructure will top nine-trillion-dollars a year by 2025. That’s up from four-trillion in 2012. Asian countries, especially China, are expected to lead the way. The Outlook to...
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
Stressing on the importance of building a robust infrastructure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said, "A nation that gives impetus to infrastructure, be it roads, rail, airport, that is where chances of development increase. We have...
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
In an age characterized by growing populations and crumbling infrastructure it’s natural to look to new technology solutions for salvation. In many parts of the world, big investments in new infrastructure seem both highly desirable and unattainable—as...
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
The simultaneous crumbling of aging infrastructure in advanced economies and surge of development in developing economies will drive a steady four percent annual growth on infrastructure investment well into the second half of this decade, pushing total...
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
China is giving a steely infrastructural hug to its southeast Asian neighbors, with plans to roll out a massive high-speed rail system to crisscross Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia en route to Singapore. Constructing it will be a...
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
In a bid to perk up the country’s disaster-battered economy, the Philippine government announced it would be embarking on a P184.2 billion (Dh15.4 billion) infrastructure building programme. The scheme, to be implemented over a several year period,...
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
The Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC 2013), due to take place in Dubai from May 5-6, held its third regional briefing at the Hilton Doha and highlighted Qatar Tourism Authority’s plans to invest $20bn on tourism infrastructure...
Monday, December 17th, 2012
India is betting the house on private investment in infrastructure. Between 2012 and 2017, the government hopes that the private sector, through public-private partnerships or PPPs, will invest around $350-400 billion in infrastructure sectors such as roads,...
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
The Thai government is planning to spend more than 2.2 trillion baht ($71.1 billion) over the next seven years to build railways and roads and another 350 billion baht ($11.3 billion) on infrastructure to prevent a repeat of the devastating...
Friday, October 21st, 2011
The Plan panel today said the government is working on a new Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) during the 12th Plan, aiming to fast track infrastructure development in cities. The National Development Council (NDC), headed...