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North Africa Business Forecast Report
Published: January 11 2010 Quarterly
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The North Africa Business Forecast Report provides essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
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Report Description
The North Africa Business Forecast Report helps businesses with North Africa's market assessment, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in North Africa and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in this emerging market.
An influential new analysis of North Africa's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2014, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International.
Key Uses
- Forecast the pace and stability of North Africa's economic and industry growth through end-2014
- Identify and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in North Africa, to facilitate risk mitigation
- Assess the critical shortcomings of North Africa's business environment that pose hidden barriers and costs to corporate profitability
- Contextualise North Africa's country risks against regional peers using BMI's country comparative risk ratings system
- Target business opportunities in North Africa's high-growth industry sectors
- Evaluate external threats to doing business in North Africa, including currency volatility, the commodity price boom and protectionist policies
The North Africa Business Forecast Report by Business Monitor International (BMI) includes two major sections: North Africa's Political Outlook and North Africa's Economic Outlook.
North Africa's Political Outlook:
What are the political risks to doing business in North Africa over the next 5-years?
BMI's North Africa Country Risk Ratings evaluate the short- and medium-term threats posed by government instability, adverse economic policy-making, deterioration in the business environment and external shocks.
North Africa Political Outlook Contents
- SWOT Analysis for the North Africa's Market Political strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing North Africa.
- Political Stability and Risk Assessment for North Africa BMI's Risk Ratings assess explicit short and long-term risks to political stability; latest ratings, rankings and trends for North Africa's risk are compared with regional and global averages.
- Current Administration and Policy-making in North Africa BMI profiles key policy-makers and power-brokers in the North Africa's government, assessing threats to the continuity of North Africa's economic policy, and likely changes to the business operating environment through end-2018.
- North Africa's Foreign Policy BMI examines key trends and shifts in North Africa's foreign relations and alignments with regional neighbours, the United States and Europe, focusing on external influences.
Key Benefits
- Benchmark North Africa's risk profile against its neighbours, the global and regional average, allowing easy comparison of risks between key business markets.
- Identify, evaluate and anticipate political and security risks to the business environment in North Africa, and to your company's current operations and future plans.
- Gain valuable insights into the North Africa's government and policy-making, through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their exclusive network of private and public sector sources.
North Africa's Economic Outlook:
How will North Africa's economic policy-making and performance impact on corporate profitability over 2009-2014?
BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for North Africa through end-2014 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate North Africa's growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including central bank policy, on profitability.
North Africa Economic Outlook Contents
The North Africa Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts for country, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 set against North Africa's government views. Underpinning our North Africa forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end-2014, covering growth, inflation, employment, trade and investment, interest and exchange rates in the US, Japan and the Euro-zone.
Coverage of Key Economic Issues in North Africa
- Economic Activity in North Africa Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer confidence)
- Fiscal Policy in North Africa Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
- Monetary Policy in North Africa Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation); exchange rate policy in country; currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
- Balance of Payments in North Africa Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current and capital account balances
- Foreign Direct Investment in North Africa Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment climate
- North Africa's External Debt Debt profile (short- and long-term debt; public and private sector exposure)
Key Benefits
- Rely upon BMI's 100% independent Forecast Scenarios for North Africa and underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
- Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic database on North Africa, sourced and fully maintained by BMI from an extensive network of private sector, government and multilateral contacts.
- Gain key insights into the current and future direction of North Africa's government economic policy
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