Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 Market
Overview — 7 Global Overview — 8
Weeding Out Possible White Elephants — 8 Mega-Urban
Regions: Opportunities And Challenges For
Infrastructure — 9 Mega-Urban Regions: Investment
Opportunities And Risks — 10 Table: The World' s 30 Largest
Urban Agglomerations — 12 Table: The World' s Richest
Cities In 2020 By Gdp — 16 Table: The World' s Fastest
Growing Urban Areas — 18 SWOT
Analysis — 20 Ecuador Infrastructure Industry
SWOT — 20 Ecuador Political SWOT — 21
Ecuador Economic SWOT — 22 Ecuador Business
Environment — 23 Major Infrastructure Developments And Key
Projects — 24 Transport Infrastructure
Overview — 24 New and On-Going Transportation
Projects — 27 Airports — 27
Roads — 27 Energy Infrastructure
Overview — 28 New and On-Going Electricity
Projects — 30 Power Plants and Transmission
Projects — 30 Water — 32 Construction
Overview — 33 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 34 Table: Economic And Construction
Data — 34 Business Environment — 36
Regional Overview – Latin America — 36 Business
Environment Ratings Table — 38 Table: Americas
Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings — 38 Limits Of
Potential Returns — 40 Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 40 Project Finance Ratings: Outlook For
Americas — 41 Table: Design And Construction
Rating — 43 Table: Commissioning And Operating
Rating — 44 Table: Overall Project Finance
Rating — 46 Labour Force — 47 Legal
Framework — 47 Government Procurement
Procedures — 48 Investment
Barriers — 48 Tax Regime — 49
Macroeconomic Outlook — 50 Table: Ecuador - Macroeconomic
Forecasts — 50 Economic Analysis - More Bad News For
Fiscal Accounts — 51 Political
Outlook — 53 Political Risk - Presidential Contenders Line
Up — 53 Political Risk Alert - Protests Unlikely To Stop
Government — 53 Political Risk Alert – Ecuador
Quietly Settles Financial Dispute With Brazil — 53 Table:
Ecuador Political Overview — 54 Country Snapshot: Ecuador
Demographic Data — 55 Section 1:
Population — 55 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 55 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 56 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 56 Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 56 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 56 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 57 Table: Employment Indicators,
2001-2006 — 57 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2009
(US$) — 57 Table: Average Annual Manufacturing Wages,
2003-2009 — 58 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 59 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 59 Construction
Industry — 60 Sources — 60 Business
Environment Ratings — 61 Ratings
Overview — 61 Table: Infrastructure Business Environment
Indicators — 62 Project Finance Ratings
Methodology — 63 Operating Risks –Construction
Risks — 64 Operating Risks – Commercial
Construction — 65 Operating Risks – Energy and
Utilities — 66 Operating Risks
–Transport — 67
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