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• The expansion of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Singapore will be steady but ultimately limited, with public transport being the preferred means of low-emission travel in the market.
• Ongoing expansion to Singapore’s public transport network, particularly its mass rapid transit (MRT) network, will remain the pre

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• Following a 50 basis-point hike in February, we expect the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to keep the policy rate on hold at 13.00% over Q224-Q324, before cutting to 12.50% by year-end.
• Inflation will remain high over the first half of the year but will moderate sufficiently by the last quarter, allowing for the CBK to begin monetary

The Latest: On January 31 2024, the Embassy of Indonesia held the India-Indonesia Business Forum 2024. This event was aimed at promoting economic relations and nurturing growth and success for both countries. The forum focused on attractive and potential sectors for collaborations including pharmaceutical, consumer goods, transportation

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• We anticipate that Tunisia’s real GDP growth will accelerate from an estimated 0.5% in 2023 to 1.3% in 2024 but remain significantly below the 2015-19 average. 
• A slight improvement in household consumption, contained import growth and the marginal easing in government liquidity conditions will drive the recovery in headline growth

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• We forecast annual global solar photovoltaics (PV) capacity growth to average of 12.2% from 2024 to 2032, after the 34.5% growth in 2023. When compared to other power types, the growth rate is still strong, with solar PV to remain the leading renewables technology. 
• Post-2024, global solar PV’s expansion will slow due to easing

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• After significant expansion in 2023, we expect favourable economic conditions to support sustained growth in Mexico's autos market in 2024, as consumer purchasing power strengthens with cooling inflation and car affordability improves as Banxico begins to cut interest rates.
• However, potential headwinds could arise from a slowdown in

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• In 2023, Mainland China reported that its net installed solar capacity grew to 609GW, representing a growth of more than 50% y-o-y, surpassing our previous projections for the market.
• We believe that for the coming 10 years, China's manufacturing capabilities in the solar equipment sector will continue to grow, being able to sustain

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• We expect that the Bank of Uganda (BoU) will hold its policy rate at 9.50% at its next meeting in April 2024, after holding, in line with our expectations, on February 6.
• Over the coming months, we expect inflation to pick up towards the BoU’s 5.0% medium-term target, reducing policymakers’ appetite for rate cuts in H124.
• We expect

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• North America’s grid infrastructure is set to remain insufficient to meet connection demand from wind and solar project growth, creating headwinds to our non-hydro renewables forecast, with larger projects at higher risk.  
• Investments to strengthen interregional connections through new transmission lines will be critical to better

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• Our outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa’s LNG supply remains bullish with robust growth forecasted for the region’s legacy producers and encouraging progress made in countries debuting in the LNG market for the first time.
• Many countries in this region have untapped gas reserves which offer significant upside risk for further growth, if