Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5
Market
Overview — 7
Ecuador' s President Correa Pulls Out Yellow
Card For Hutchison Port Investment — 8
Global
Overview — 9
Weeding Out Possible White
Elephants — 9
Mega-Urban Regions: Opportunities And
Challenges For Infrastructure — 10
Mega-Urban Regions:
Investment Opportunities And Risks — 11
Table: The World' s
30 Largest Urban Agglomerations — 13
Table: The World' s
Richest Cities In 2020 By Gdp — 17
Table: The World' s
Fastest Growing Urban Areas — 19
SWOT
Analysis — 21
Ecuador Infrastructure Industry
SWOT — 21
Ecuador Political SWOT — 22
Ecuador Economic SWOT — 23
Ecuador Business Environment
SWOT — 24
Major Infrastructure Developments And Key
Projects — 25
Energy Infrastructure
Overview — 25
Industry Forecast
Scenario — 31
Table: Economic And Construction
Data — 31
Business Environment — 32
Regional Overview – Latin America — 32
Business
Environment Ratings Table — 33
Table: Regional
Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings — 33
Limits Of
Potential Returns — 34
Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 34
Project Finance Ratings: Outlook For
Americas — 35
Table: Design And Construction
Rating — 37
Table: Commissioning And Operating
Rating — 38
Table: Overall Project Finance
Rating — 40
Foreign Direct
Investment — 40
Labour Force — 41
Legal Framework — 41
Government Procurement
Procedures — 42
Investment
Barriers — 42
Tax Regime — 43
Macroeconomic Outlook — 45
Table: Ecuador –
Macroeconomic Forecast — 46
Political
Outlook — 47
Political Risk Alert - Protests Unlikely To
Stop Government — 47
Political Risk Alert - Ecuador
Quietly Settles Financial Dispute With Brazil — 47
Table:
Ecuador Political Overview — 48
Country Snapshot: Ecuador
Demographic Data — 49
Section 1:
Population — 49
Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 49
Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 50
Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 50
Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 50
Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 50
Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 51
Table: Employment Indicators,
2001-2006 — 51
Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2009
(US$) — 51
Table: Average Annual Manufacturing Wages,
2003-2009 — 52
BMI Forecast
Modelling — 53
How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 53
Construction
Industry — 54
Sources — 54
Business
Environment Ratings — 55
Ratings
Overview — 55
Table: Infrastructure Business Environment
Indicators — 56
Project Finance Ratings
Methodology — 57
Operating Risks –Construction
Risks — 58
Operating Risks – Commercial
Construction — 59
Operating Risks – Energy and
Utilities — 60
Operating Risks
–Transport — 61
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