Thursday, June 5th, 2014
The Philippine government is betting on increased infrastructure spending to sustain economic growth, which slipped below expectations in the first quarter after a string of natural disasters late last year hobbled domestic output. The Department of Budget...
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
The big question on the minds of industry executives and others attending the Defense Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in the Malaysian capital last week was what effect would the crash of flight MH370 have on defense spending...
Friday, December 20th, 2013
The Philippines will put two infrastructure projects worth 100.3 billion pesos ($2.3 billion) up for tender in April and will push through about a dozen other projects before President Benigno Aquino steps down in three years' time,...
Monday, December 31st, 2012
A senior legislator has called on the government to significantly increase its transportation infrastructure spending to address the business community’s long-running logistical and distribution woes. Marwan Jafar, the head of the National Awakening Party (PKB) at the House...
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information and Infrastructure, today said the Centre was spending Rs 1 lakh crore to bring in a "second-generation revolution" in governance. "In the same way we are running a National...
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Indonesia plans to increase government capital spending by 15 percent next year as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledges to boost infrastructure that he says is needed to ensure sustainable growth. Capital spending will rise to 193.8 trillion...
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
China has no plan to introduce stimulus measures to support growth on the scale unleashed during the depths of the global credit crisis in 2008, according to the nation's state-run Xinhua News Agency. China stocks fell as...
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
A payday lies ahead for Japan Inc., but the nation's big builders of infrastructure have to be careful how they cash in. Global infrastructure spending could rise by 20% to $2.1 trillion annually in the next 10...
