The developing security situation in Iraq and the new regime in Ukraine are just two high-profile examples of how the risks to international trade change rapidly and often dramatically. Any serious international business needs to keep abreast of these changes and to know how to take practical action. Compiled by Coface, the world's number one in insurable trading risks, this authoritative handbook provides up-to-date analysis of the risks involved in trading with or investing in 151 countries, giving each one a unique risk rating. Each country entry gives an authoritative risk assessment, a description of that country's strengths and weaknesses, information on conditions for market access, foreign exchange regulations and attitudes to foreign investors; and provides in a clear tabular format: the main economic indicators; import export data; private / public consumption breakdown; standard of living / purchasing power statistics. For finance departments, the handbook crucially assesses the likelihood of payment default. And for business developers and would-be investors, it weighs the risks and opportunities in markets and gives industrial sector performance overviews from across the developed and developing world. Now in its seventh annual edition the Handbook is an invaluable resource for: managers and entrepreneurs concerned with international trade and investment; anyone responsible for export decisions and international product launches; finance officers responsible for credit risk and debt collection; finance professionals in banking, insurance and reinsurance; academics and students of international business and finance.
"... valuable to those involved with or interested in foreign trade, international investment, or credit matters and insurance. Highly recommended.' Choice Magazine
Introduction: outlook for 2005 -2006; a definition of the country rating system; an oil sector overview; other sector overviews; regional overviews for Europe, Americas, Asia, Middle-East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa; individual country profil
"... valuable to those involved with or interested in foreign trade, international investment, or credit matters and insurance. Highly recommended.' Choice Magazine
Introduction: outlook for 2005 -2006; a definition of the country rating system; an oil sector overview; other sector overviews; regional overviews for Europe, Americas, Asia, Middle-East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa; individual country profil