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ARTICLE · 03 APRIL 2013

Rail Opportunities In South East Asia

The market for rail in South East Asia is opening up, with many ambitious projects on the market and strong support for public private partnerships and private finance.

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The market for rail in South East Asia is opening up, with many ambitious projects on the market and strong support for public private partnerships (PPPs) and private finance.

Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar, in particular, have some of the strongest rail pipelines in the region. The most active being Indonesia (13 rail projects proposed and in procurement), Philippines (five projects) and Malaysia (four projects), where rapid urbanisation has put pressure on existing infrastructure and the improvement of the transport sector is a priority. In the case of Indonesia, private and PPP-based finance is expected to finance up to 70 per cent of the cost of such improvements over the next five years.

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