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Figure 5.12 Housing as a proportion of total new building construction, 1973-<br />

1993.<br />

Source: Rep. of Cyp. 1994: "Stat. Abstract", p. 445 & "Construction & Housing Stat's 1993", p. 61. Nicosia: Dept. ofStat's & Reseaxcli.<br />

A persistently active private sector<br />

The interesting phenomenon in the south is not the rise in public sector economie<br />

activity after 1974 (as happened in the Turkish-Cypriot economy and to a lesser<br />

extent in the Greek-Cypriot economy) but the level at which private investment was<br />

maintained. Declining from a peak in the early 1970's and at its lowest ebb in the<br />

immediate post '74 period, the private sector stili represented around 66% of total<br />

gross capital formation (see Figure 5.13 below). Without the benefit of hindsight,<br />

the simple question of why is difficult to answer in terms of risk analysis and<br />

rational expectations.<br />

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