Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure Boom

February 16, 2017
Southeast Asia infrastructure

Quotes and Quotas is a weekly digest of phrases and facts that help explain Asia’s infrastructure push.

10 percent: The increase in funding set aside by Indonesia for infrastructure projects this year

2016-2020: The timeframe for the Thai government’s infrastructure rollout

$238 million: The amount the Thai government is providing for its Future Fund for infrastructure

$22 billion: The approximate value of new construction contracts that will be awarded in Malaysia over the 2017 to 2018 period

$160 billion: The amount Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has promised to spend on infrastructure during his six-year term

Source: by En Han Choong, Lilian Karunungan, Ian Sayson, and Harry Suhartono, Bloomberg

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