Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 6 Market
Overview — 8 Global — 9 Industry Trend
Analysis — 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 Latvia Infrastructure Industry
SWOT — 21 Latvia Political SWOT — 21
Latvia Economic SWOT — 22 Latvia Business Environment
SWOT — 22 Major Infrastructure Developments and Key
Projects — 23 Transport Infrastructure
Overview — 23 New and Ongoing
Projects — 25 Airports — 25
Ports — 26 Road Networks — 26 Rail
Networks — 27 Energy & Utilities Infrastructure
Overview — 28 New and Ongoing
Projects — 30 Power Plants and Transmission
Grids — 30 Water — 30 Construction
Overview — 31 New and Ongoing
Projects — 32 Residential
Construction — 32 Commercial
Construction — 32 Industrial
Construction — 33 Tourism
Construction — 33 Major Projects –
Transport — 34 Major Projects –
Utilities — 35 Major Projects –
Construction — 35 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 36 Table: Latvia – Construction and
Industry Data — 36 Business
Environment — 39 Regional Overview –
Europe — 39 Europe: Business Environment
Rating — 43 Table: Regional Infrastructure Business
Environment Ratings — 43 Limits of Potential
Returns — 44 Infrastructure — 44 Risk
to Realisation of Potential Returns — 44 Market
Risks — 44 Country Risk — 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 Foreign Direct
Investment — 50 Table: Europe, FDI Annual
Inflows — 51 Table: Top Export
Destinations — 53 Table: BMI Trade
Ratings — 53 Labour Force — 54 Table:
Labour Force Quality — 55 Legal
Framework — 56 Table: BMI Legal Framework
Ratings — 57 Tax Regime — 58
Macroeconomic Outlook — 59 Table: Latvia – Economic
Activity — 60 Political Outlook — 61
Domestic politics — 61 Table: Latvia’s Political
Overview — 62 Foreign Policy — 63
Company Monitor — 65 Kalnozols
Celtnieciba — 65 LEC — 66 Skonto
Buve — 67 RBS Skals — 68 Business
Environment — 69 Ratings Overview — 69
Table: Infrastructure Business Environment Indicators — 70
Country Snapshot: Latvia Demographic Data — 71 Section 1:
Population — 71 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 71 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 72 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 72 Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 72 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 72 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 73 Table: Employment Indicators,
2001-2006 — 73 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 73 Table: Average Annual Wages,
2000-2012 — 74 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 75 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 75 Construction
Industry — 76 Sources — 76 Project
Finance Ratings Methodology — 77 Operating Risks –
Commercial Construction — 79 Operating Risks –
Energy and Utilities — 80 Operating Risks
–Transport — 81
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