"Egypt Infrastructure Report Q2 2011" is now available at Fast Market Research

April 2, 2011 - PRLog -- BMI View: Our view on the underlying risks to the infrastructure sector associated with political risk in Egypt has played out. In light of mass protests and calls for President Hosni Mubarak to relinquish his 30-year grip on power, BMI now takes a 'wait and see' approach to its assessment of Egypt's infrastructure market. Our forecasts for the overall construction industry value remain broadly the same, but we stress that they are merely provisional and will be subject to change when political turmoil in Egypt abates.

The main implications for Egypt's infrastructure market are:

* Egypt's nascent public private partnership (PPP) market has lost momentum and will only regain it once the political situation stabilises and some level of political continuity resumes.
 * We still see significant growth potential for the infrastructure sector, but its realisation is predicated on political stability.
 * Uncertainty over the future of the country's nuclear power project. Such a major project may indeed prove to be contentious under a new government and could be abandoned.


Growth in Egypt's construction sector has been strong in recent years and our previous assessment was that this growth trend was due to continue. This was prompted by high investor interest in infrastructure - particularly the nascent PPP/concessions market - as well as the plans for major investments in luxury residential and commercial projects and affordable housing. We believe that recent events will alter this trend and most likely growth will moderate over H111, as investors put projects on hold and attempt to avoid the considerable political risks that have engulfed the market.

We refrain from altering our previous forecasts because we do not yet have a clear idea of how the market will be effected and we therefore stress that these forecasts for Egypt's construction industry value are provisional and subject to change when the outlook becomes clearer over the coming months.

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Report Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis
- Egypt Infrastructure Industry SWOT
- Egypt Infrastructure Project Finance SWOT
- Egypt Economic SWOT
- Egypt Political SWOT
Market Overview
- Egypt
Building Materials
- Global Materials
- Building Materials: Global Demand to Hit New Highs In 2011
- Asia to accelerate in 2011
- World's Top Steel Producing Countries (Million Metric Tonnes - MMT)
- Middle East Overview
- Saudi Arabia And Egypt Lead Regional Building Materials Recovery
Industry Forecast Scenario
- Table: Egypt Construction And Infrastructure Industry Data
- Table: Egypt Construction And Infrastructure Industry Data
- Construction and Infrastructure Forecast Scenario
Transport Infrastructure
- Transport Infrastructure Overview
- Key Projects - Transport Infrastructure
- Table: major Infrastructure Projects - Transport
Energy and Utilities Infrastructure
- Energy and Utilities Infrastructure Overview
- Key Projects - Energy and Utilities Infrastructure
- Table: Major Infrastructure Projects - Energy & Utilities
Residential/Non- Residential Construction and Social Infrastructure
- Residential/Non-Residential Construction and Social Infrastructure Overview
- Key Projects - Residential/Non-Residential Construction and Social Infrastructure
- Table: Major Infrastructure Projects - Residential/Non-Residential Construction and Social Infrastructure
Business Environment
- Egypt Business Environment
- Rewards
- Risks
- Regional Overview
- Middle East Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Regional Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings
Project Finance Ratings
- Egypt Project Finance Ratings
- Design and Construction
- Commissioning And Operating
- Overall Project Finance Rating
- Regional Overview
- Project Finance Ratings: Outlook For Middle East
- Table: Design And Construction Rating
- Table: Commissioning And Operating Rating
- Table: Overall Project Finance Rating
- Long-Term Political Outlook
Company Monitor
- Arab Contractors
- Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
Global Overview
- Table: BMI's Core Views For Global Infrastructure
Methodology
- Industry Forecasts
- Construction Industry
- Data Methodology
- New Infrastructure Data Sub-sectors
- Construction
- Capital Investment
- Construction Sector Employment
- Infrastructure Business Environment Rating
- Table: Infrastructure Business Environment Indicators
- Project Finance Ratings
- Table: Design And Construction Phase
- Table: Commissioning And Operating Phase - Commercial Construction
- Table: Commissioning And Operating Phase - Energy And Utilities
- Table: Commissioning And Operating Phase - Transport
- Sources

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