Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 Market
Overview — 6 France — 6 Table: French
Companies Abroad – Some Recent Projects — 7 Global
Overview — 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 The Economic
Implications Of Urbanisation — 14 Table: The World' s
Richest Cities In 2020 By GDP — 17 Table: The World' s
Fastest Growing Urban Areas — 19 SWOT
Analysis — 21 France Infrastructure Industry
SWOT — 21 France Political SWOT — 22
France Economic SWOT — 22 Major Infrastructure
Developments And Key Projects — 23 Transport
Infrastructure Overview — 23 New And Ongoing
Projects — 25 Airports — 25
Ports — 25 Rail Networks — 26 Table:
France Major Infrastructure Projects –
Transport — 27 Energy & Utilities Infrastructure
Overview — 29 New And Ongoing
Projects — 31 Power Plants And Transmission
Grids — 31 Other Utilities — 32 Table:
France Major Infrastructure Projects –
Utilities — 33 Construction
Overview — 35 New And Ongoing
Projects — 35 Commercial
Construction — 35 Industrial
Construction — 36 Table: France Major Infrastructure
Projects – Utilities — 36 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 38 Table: Economic and Construction
Data — 38 Business Environment — 40
Europe Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings — 40
Table: Regional Infrastructure Business Environment
Ratings — 43 Limits Of Potential
Returns — 44 Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 44 Project Finance Ratings: Outlook For
Europe — 45 Table: Design And Construction
Rating — 46 Table: Commissioning And Operating
Rating — 48 Table: Overall Project Finance
Rating — 49 FDI — 50 Legal
Regime — 50 Tax Regime — 50 Company
Monitor — 51 Lafarge — 51 Bouygues
Construction (Bouygues Group) — 54 Colas (Bouygues
Group) — 57 VINCI Group — 59 EDF
Group — 62 Country Snapshot: France Demographic
Data — 66 Section 1: Population — 66
Table: Demographic Indicators, 2005-2030 — 66 Table:
Rural/Urban Breakdown, 2005-2030 — 67 Section 2: Education
And Healthcare — 67 Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 67 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 67 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 68 Table: Employment Indicators,
2000-2005 — 68 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 68 Table: Average Annual Wages,
2000-2012 — 69 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 70 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 70 Construction
Industry — 71 Sources — 71 Business
Environment — 71 Ratings Overview — 72
Table: Infrastructure Business Environment Indicators — 73
Project Finance Ratings Methodology — 74 Operating Risks
– Commercial Construction — 76 Operating Risks
– Energy and Utilities — 77 Operating Risks
–Transport — 78
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