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Angola Operational Risk Report: Q4 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 132 page(s)
Angola's operating environment poses significant risks for businesses and investors from a trade and investment perspective. The country's heavy reliance on crude oil and Chinese demand to fuel export revenues has wreaked havoc in the domestic economy and exposed how vulnerable it is to external shocks. From a pra...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 132 page(s)
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Angola's operating environment poses significant risks for businesses and investors from a trade and investment perspective. The country's heavy reliance on crude oil and Chinese demand to fuel export revenues has wreaked havoc in the domestic economy and exposed how vulnerable it is to external shocks. From a practical point of view this has filtered through to compromising inward FDI flows, causing foreign exchange shortages and significantly i...
Angola's operating environment poses significant risks for businesses and investors from a trade and investment perspective. The country's heavy reliance on crude oil and Chinese demand to fuel export revenues has wreaked havoc in the domestic economy and exposed how vulnerable it is to external shocks. From a practical point of view this has filtered through to compromising inward FDI flows, causing foreign exchange shortages and significantly increasing borrowing costs for businesses which need to access lending facilities from the domestic banking sector. Angola's protectionist trade and investment regimes, which have been implemented to shield local industries from outside competition and promote local employment, further hampers investor interest in the country. No reprieve is afforded by the country's tax and regulatory systems, as a high corporate tax rate, extensive bureaucracy and rampant corruption all serve to elevate overall risks even more.
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Date Published / Released
2017
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Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
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Argentina Operational Risk Report: Q3 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 136 page(s)
Argentina's investment profile has turned a corner since the election of President Mauricio Macri in November 2015, with a positive outlook over the medium term. Foreign investors have been deterred by a decade of populist policies and undue government intervention in the economy. However, the new government has e...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 136 page(s)
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Argentina's investment profile has turned a corner since the election of President Mauricio Macri in November 2015, with a positive outlook over the medium term. Foreign investors have been deterred by a decade of populist policies and undue government intervention in the economy. However, the new government has enacted a raft of reforms which have alleviated restrictions on foreign currency, lowered or removed export taxes, and improved access t...
Argentina's investment profile has turned a corner since the election of President Mauricio Macri in November 2015, with a positive outlook over the medium term. Foreign investors have been deterred by a decade of populist policies and undue government intervention in the economy. However, the new government has enacted a raft of reforms which have alleviated restrictions on foreign currency, lowered or removed export taxes, and improved access to financing. FDI is also being more actively sought from a wider range of sources, and particularly for the struggling power and hydrocarbons sectors. Consequently, although structural obstacles to FDI such as an onerous fiscal and bureaucratic burden will only be gradually alleviated, Argentina's market presents a much more appealing destination for investment.
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Business Monitor International
Date Published / Released
2017
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Business Monitor International
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Financial investments, Banks and banking, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
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Argentina Operational Risk Report: Q4 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 140 page(s)
Argentina's investment profile has turned a corner since the election of President Mauricio Macri in November 2015, with a positive outlook over the medium term. Foreign investors have been deterred by a decade of populist policies and undue government intervention in the economy. However, the new government has e...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 140 page(s)
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Argentina's investment profile has turned a corner since the election of President Mauricio Macri in November 2015, with a positive outlook over the medium term. Foreign investors have been deterred by a decade of populist policies and undue government intervention in the economy. However, the new government has enacted a raft of reforms which have alleviated restrictions on foreign currency, lowered or removed export taxes, and improved access t...
Argentina's investment profile has turned a corner since the election of President Mauricio Macri in November 2015, with a positive outlook over the medium term. Foreign investors have been deterred by a decade of populist policies and undue government intervention in the economy. However, the new government has enacted a raft of reforms which have alleviated restrictions on foreign currency, lowered or removed export taxes, and improved access to financing. FDI is also being more actively sought from a wider range of sources, and particularly for the struggling power and hydrocarbons sectors. Consequently, although structural obstacles to FDI such as an onerous fiscal and bureaucratic burden will only be gradually alleviated, Argentina's market presents a much more appealing destination for investment.
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Date Published / Released
2017
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Business Monitor International
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Banks and banking, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
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Azerbaijan Operational Risk Report: Q2 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 134 page(s)
Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 134 page(s)
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Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks - underscored by high levels of corruption in all spheres of public life, and cumbersome legislation in certain industries - limit fore...
Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks - underscored by high levels of corruption in all spheres of public life, and cumbersome legislation in certain industries - limit foreign involvement and poses major risks for investors. On the upside, the government offers generous tax breaks in technology sectors and, at least on paper, welcomes foreign investment, viewing it as a tool for economic development. Moreover, a number of infrastructure and institutional development projects are in progress, and we expect to see pay-off in the coming years.
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2017
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Business Monitor International
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Azerbaijan Operational Risk Report: Q3 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 135 page(s)
Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 135 page(s)
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Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks - underscored by high levels of corruption in all spheres of public life, and cumbersome legislation in certain industries - limit fore...
Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks - underscored by high levels of corruption in all spheres of public life, and cumbersome legislation in certain industries - limit foreign involvement and poses major risks for investors. On the upside, the government offers generous tax breaks in technology sectors and, at least on paper, welcomes foreign investment, viewing it as a tool for economic development. Moreover, a number of infrastructure and institutional development projects are in progress, and we expect to see pay-off in the coming years.
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Date Published / Released
2017
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Finance, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
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Azerbaijan Operational Risk Report: Q4 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 140 page(s)
Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 140 page(s)
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Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks - underscored by high levels of corruption in all spheres of public life, and cumbersome legislation in certain industries - limit fore...
Azerbaijan's economy has been hit by a series of negative shocks - particularly a marked drop in oil prices, significant growth slowdown and currency depreciations in trading-partner countries. Limited financial sector development also weighs on domestic access to finance. Azerbaijan's challenges with legal risks - underscored by high levels of corruption in all spheres of public life, and cumbersome legislation in certain industries - limit foreign involvement and poses major risks for investors. On the upside, the government offers generous tax breaks in technology sectors and, at least on paper, welcomes foreign investment, viewing it as a tool for economic development. Moreover, a number of infrastructure and institutional development projects are in progress, and we expect to see pay-off in the coming years.
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Date Published / Released
2017
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Risk management, Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations
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Bahrain Operational Risk Report: Q3 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 131 page(s)
Bahrain is one of the MENA regional outperformers for the low levels of risk which businesses and investors face when trading with or investing in the country. Bahrain's diversified economy, liberal trade and investment regimes, good protection of real and intellectual property rights, and low levels of bureaucrat...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 131 page(s)
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Bahrain is one of the MENA regional outperformers for the low levels of risk which businesses and investors face when trading with or investing in the country. Bahrain's diversified economy, liberal trade and investment regimes, good protection of real and intellectual property rights, and low levels of bureaucratic red tape all provide for an attractive operating environment. Investors are provided with further incentives such as low tax rates a...
Bahrain is one of the MENA regional outperformers for the low levels of risk which businesses and investors face when trading with or investing in the country. Bahrain's diversified economy, liberal trade and investment regimes, good protection of real and intellectual property rights, and low levels of bureaucratic red tape all provide for an attractive operating environment. Investors are provided with further incentives such as low tax rates and good access to financing via the local banking sector or international debt markets. The most salient risks come in the form of the country's heightened political risk profile and significant linkages to Saudi Arabia, which is battling economically with subdued global crude prices. These factors have seen Bahrain's current account deficit widen over the course of 2015 and 2016 and FDI levels decrease.
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2017
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Bahrain Operational Risk Report: Q4 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 138 page(s)
Bahrain is one of the MENA regional outperformers for the low levels of risk which businesses and investors face when trading with or investing in the country. Bahrain's diversified economy, liberal trade and investment regimes, good protection of real and intellectual property rights, and low levels of bureaucrat...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 138 page(s)
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Bahrain is one of the MENA regional outperformers for the low levels of risk which businesses and investors face when trading with or investing in the country. Bahrain's diversified economy, liberal trade and investment regimes, good protection of real and intellectual property rights, and low levels of bureaucratic red tape all provide for an attractive operating environment. Investors are provided with further incentives such as low tax rates a...
Bahrain is one of the MENA regional outperformers for the low levels of risk which businesses and investors face when trading with or investing in the country. Bahrain's diversified economy, liberal trade and investment regimes, good protection of real and intellectual property rights, and low levels of bureaucratic red tape all provide for an attractive operating environment. Investors are provided with further incentives such as low tax rates and good access to financing via the local banking sector or international debt markets. The most salient risks come in the form of the country's heightened political risk profile and significant linkages to Saudi Arabia, which is battling economically with subdued global crude prices. These factors have seen Bahrain's current account deficit widen over the course of 2015 and 2016 and FDI levels decrease.
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Date Published / Released
2017
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Financial investments, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
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Bangladesh Operational Risk Report: Q2 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 151 page(s)
Bangladesh offers some attractive investment opportunities over the medium term, with its large, low-cost labour market, strategic geographic position and the gradual implementation of business-friendly business reforms making it an increasingly popular location for labour-intensive manufacturing firms. The govern...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 151 page(s)
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Bangladesh offers some attractive investment opportunities over the medium term, with its large, low-cost labour market, strategic geographic position and the gradual implementation of business-friendly business reforms making it an increasingly popular location for labour-intensive manufacturing firms. The government's open economic policies and welcoming attitude to FDI, as well as the wide range of strategic trade and investment incentives ava...
Bangladesh offers some attractive investment opportunities over the medium term, with its large, low-cost labour market, strategic geographic position and the gradual implementation of business-friendly business reforms making it an increasingly popular location for labour-intensive manufacturing firms. The government's open economic policies and welcoming attitude to FDI, as well as the wide range of strategic trade and investment incentives available, considerably boost the country's appeal, relative to regional peers. Nevertheless, investors continue to be faced with severe structural obstacles including an entrenched culture of corruption, a yawning infrastructure deficit, a largely ineffective legal system, wide inequality, weak access to credit and a burdensome tax regime, which limit the country's appeal as an FDI destination.
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Business Monitor International
Date Published / Released
2017
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Business Monitor International
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Finance, Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
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Bangladesh Operational Risk Report: Q3 2017
written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 158 page(s)
Bangladesh offers some attractive investment opportunities over the medium term, with its large, low-cost labour market, strategic geographic position and the gradual implementation of business-friendly business reforms making it an increasingly popular location for labour-intensive manufacturing firms. The govern...
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written by Business Monitor International (London, England: Business Monitor International, 2017), 158 page(s)
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Bangladesh offers some attractive investment opportunities over the medium term, with its large, low-cost labour market, strategic geographic position and the gradual implementation of business-friendly business reforms making it an increasingly popular location for labour-intensive manufacturing firms. The government's open economic policies and welcoming attitude to FDI, as well as the wide range of strategic trade and investment incentives ava...
Bangladesh offers some attractive investment opportunities over the medium term, with its large, low-cost labour market, strategic geographic position and the gradual implementation of business-friendly business reforms making it an increasingly popular location for labour-intensive manufacturing firms. The government's open economic policies and welcoming attitude to FDI, as well as the wide range of strategic trade and investment incentives available, considerably boost the country's appeal, relative to regional peers. Nevertheless, investors continue to be faced with severe structural obstacles including an entrenched culture of corruption, a yawning infrastructure deficit, a largely ineffective legal system, wide inequality, weak access to credit and a burdensome tax regime, which limit the country's appeal as an FDI destination.
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