Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Angola Infrastructure Report Q4 2014", is now available at Fast Market Research

Boston, MA -- (SBWire) -- 09/18/2014 --We have downgraded our five- year growth outlook for Angola's construction sector by about four percentage points to reflect the impact of capacity constraints on government spending. High growth expectations from major investment plans under the control of the government, including the USD55bn FY2014 budget and the 2013-2017 National Development Plan, have as such been eroded partially by concerns over budgetary execution. However, we maintain a broadly positive outlook for the industry, with growth to peak over the five year horizon (2014-2018), averaging 9.3% y-o-y.

Angola's construction industry is expected to be boosted by a combination of government investment, as part of a drive to develop infrastructure to support economic diversification and a strong expansion in oil production and therefore revenue. We do, however, remain concerned over budget execution levels, which, given the sheer level of government investment supporting our growth outlook, have seen activity underperform in 2013, and we expect this to continue. In the energy sector, a new USD1bn agreement with the African Development Bank is targeting operational efficiencies and sustainable investment, and this should help to ease the bottleneck in that industry.

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Against this backdrop, continued investment from China, Brazil and Portugal will be crucial to support infrastructure projects. The former two in particular have provided significant levels of funding to support investments through state-owned development banks - with Brazil announcing USD2bn in loans for the Lauca hydropower project in April 2014. With oil exports to the US falling, China will become an increasingly crucial partner for Angola in order to maintain strong oil revenue as production continues to grow domestically.

Key elements driving our positive forecast:

- The FY2014 budget outlines spending of USD55bn, of which a third will be targeted towards infrastructure and social projects - such as healthcare,...

The Angola Infrastructure Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s market assessment and forecasts covering public procurement and spending on all major infrastructure and construction projects, including transportation and logistics by land, sea and air; power plants and utilities, and commercial construction and property development. The report analyses the impact of regulatory changes and the macroeconomic outlook and features competitive intelligence on contractors and suppliers.

BMI's Angola Infrastructure Report provides industry professionals and strategists, sector analysts, investors, trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Angolan infrastructure and construction industry.

Key Benefits:

- Benchmark BMI's independent infrastructure industry forecasts for Angola to test other views - a key input for successful budgetary and planning in the Angolan infrastructure market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in the Angolan infrastructure sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Angola.

- Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs, KPIs and latest activity).

Coverage:

BMI Industry View:

Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts, views and trend analysis covering infrastructure and construction, regulatory changes, major investments and projects and significant multinational and national company developments.

These are broken down into Construction (social, commercial and residential), Transport (roads, railways, ports, airports etc), and Energy & Utilities (powerplants, renewable projects, pipelines and so on).

Industry Trends:

Analysis of latest projects across the infrastructure sector (covering the transport, utilities and commercial construction sub-sectors) - including:

Market Overview:Analysis of the key elements driving developments, including evaluations of current capacity and future requirements.

Building Materials Overview:

The building materials overview provides industry trend analysis on the global and regional demands for building materials and the impact of this on the emerging and developed markets.

Business Environment Rankings:

BMI's Infrastructure Business Environment Rankings provide a country-comparative Risk-Reward Rankings index aimed at investors (construction companies, suppliers and partners) in the regional infrastructure market.

The rankings methodology makes sophisticated use of over 40 industry, economic and demographic data point.

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