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• The announcement by Chile’s Ministry of Public Works of a USD17.6bn portfolio of concessions projects highlights continued government support for infrastructure concessions in line with longstanding policy and points to ongoing tender opportunities in Chile for infrastructure firms.
• Progress on the MOP’s concessions portfolio is likely to

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• Thailand's public and private health expenditure will grow over our five-year forecast period, driven by the adoption of digital health technologies, medical tourism and an ageing population.
• Thailand will continue to integrate digital health solutions into its healthcare system to strengthen preventative care and manage its growing chronic

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• Singapore's LNG imports are set to rise as the country prepares to build a second import terminal.
• LNG demand is set to grow further in 2024 and beyond as Singapore’s government seeks to achieve carbon emission reduction targets.
• LNG bunker sales in the short term are expected to grow faster compared to other sectors.
• Given its well

The outlook for the global economy has remained relatively unchanged since last month, and we continue to forecast global growth to come in at 2.4% in 2024. Although this marks a slowdown from the 2.6% registered last year, it is higher that our January projection of 2.1%, reflecting the relative resilience of the global economy. The revised

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• We have raised our real GDP growth forecast for Russia from 2.9% in 2024 to 3.4%. This would mean that compared to 2023, the economy will now only be slowing modestly from 3.6%. 
• Our new forecast follows the solid performance of the economy in Q124 when it outperformed expectations and grew by 5.4% year-on-year. 
• Risks to this view are

Key View: We project arrivals to Kazakhstan to increase over 2024, following a full recovery to pre-pandemic (2019) levels in 2023. Over the medium term (2024-2028), we forecast Kazakhstan’s arrivals to continue to expand with growth driven by key source markets in the Central Asia region and supported by Kazakh Tourism’s increased marketing

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• Higher levels of rainfall between October 2023 and May 2024 have bolstered the country’s power supply, which will reduce the risks of further power outages, improve public sentiment and support economic activity over the coming quarters.
• That said, the end of Tanzania’s rainy season will reduce the number of flood-related casualties and ease

Key View: Our 2024 outlook for consumer spending in Botswana is positive. We expect spending to increase over 2024 albeit at a slower rate compared with 2023. Spending growth will be bolstered by an uptick in economic growth and easing inflationary pressures. The most recent high frequency data indicates that consumer spending continued to increase

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• Brazil has been hit by severe floods in recent days, with the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul experiencing its wettest May in over 60 years. 
• For now, we continue to believe that Brazil can hit our 2.1% average annual GDP growth target for 2024. However, risks are increasingly skewed to the downside. 
• The floods could knock upwards of 0

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• We forecast real GDP growth of 2.1% in the Cayman Islands in 2024, down from estimated growth of 3.4% in 2023.
• Economic growth will be driven in the main by recovering private consumption, supported by lower inflation, as well as the robust performance of the tourism sector.
• Base effects, weak investment, and low government spending will