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Report: How the pandemic is reshaping ASEAN construction demands

Construction – and infrastructure development in particular – is expected to be a key driver of economic growth across ASEAN from 2021. The bloc, home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies and lowest unemployment rates, faced the novel coronavirus after years of health care infrastructure improvements, with much of the group reporting Covid-19 case-fatality rates below the global mean in 2020.

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Foundational change: Khamis bin Saif Al Jabri, Chairman, Oman Vision 2040 Implementation and Follow-up Unit, on the progress of national digitalisation and diversification efforts

Interview: Khamis bin Saif Al Jabri How are economic diversification initiatives working to underpin the growth of strategic sectors? KHAMIS BIN SAIF AL JABRI: The national programme for economic diversification, Tanwea’a, is a continuation of the previous government’s National Programme for Enhancing Economic Diversification, or Tanfeedh, launched in 2016. Formed as part of the ninth five-year plan and consistent with Oman Vision 2040, the programme aimed to ensure that both the publ…