Port of Vitoria: Latin America’s Biggest Port Complex
Clovis Lascosque, President of Codesa (Docks Company of Vitoria), talks about Vitoria’s port complex, the biggest in Latin America.
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Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Beloved Green and Yellow, but where´s the Gold?
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Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Beloved Green and Yellow, but where´s the Gold?
Rio de Janeiro will be the host city of one of the most important international multi-sport events, the next Olympics and Paralympics Games. But will the city actually be ready when 2016 comes around?
Kuwait’s Economy: Outlook 2012, GDP, Inflation, Current Accounts & Monetary Policy
The Kuwaiti economy is over-dependent on oil and gas sector and lacks diversification in the non-oil sectors.
Economy of Kuwait in 2012: Growth, Diversification, Inflation
Interview with Faisal Hasan, Senior Vice President and Head of Research and Publications of Global Investment House. Detailed assessment of the Kuwaiti economy for 2012 by the Global Investment House Head of Research. Mr. Hasan talks also about the growth in Kuwait, badly needed diversification of the economy and much more.
Renewable Energy in Kuwait: Development of Renewables
Kuwait was on the forefront of exploration of renewable energy: mostly solar energy in the 70’s.
According to Walid Al-Hashash, Chairman of AREF Energy the main problem for the development of renewable energy in Kuwait is conventional energy subsidies.
Brazilian Ethanol Industry: UNICA’s View on Ethanol in Brazil
Marcos S. Jank, President and CEO of Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)
Currently, Brazil has the most complete ethanol program in the world: ethanol is available in all service stations throughout Brazil and more than half of all cars on the road in Brazil are flex, as well as 90% of all new cars sold. Marcos Jank talks about the ethanol industry and how it has replaced 50% of gasoline consumption in Brazil.
Brazil: Regional Investment Opportunities in Brazilian Midwest
Marcelo Dourado, Director of SUDECO
SUDECO’s Director Marcelo Dourado talks about the investment opportunities in the Midwest of Brazil, a region that grows twice the pace of the country itself. He also mentions some of the challenges of investing in the region.
Roads in Ivory Coast: Road Network, Road Investments
Ageroute is both an independent entity as well as the agency of Ivory Coast responsible for road maintenance and funding. Ageroute was specifically charged charged with coordinating and supervising the extension of the country’s road network and the renovation of existing roads.
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Transport in Brasilia: Brasilia Subway
David José de Matos, President Director of METRO DF (Metropolitan Company of the Federal District of Brazil)
The plan of Metro DF is to make Brasilia transport more accessible, including subway, since the current figures show that only 150,000 people make use of the subway transport. This is a very small number when taking into account the size of metropolitan Brasilia – 2,5 million citizens.
Public Transport in the Federal District of Brazil
Marco Antonio Campanella, CEO of DFTRANS
DFTRANS has many plans how to develop and improve the public transport in the Federal District of Brazil until 2014 – the World Cup year. Primarily, the public transport car-park has to be refurbished and DFTRANS wants also to implement a single ticket which would allow passengers to freely use any type of public transport in the Federal District of Brazil without any major problems.