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Sri Lanka Business Forecast Report
Published: February 4 2010 Quarterly
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The Sri Lanka Business Forecast Report provides essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in Sri Lanka.
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Report Description
The Sri Lanka Business Forecast Report helps businesses with Sri Lankan market assessment, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka'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 Sri Lanka's economic and industry growth through end-2014
- Identify and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in Sri Lanka, to facilitate risk mitigation
- Assess the critical shortcomings of Sri Lanka's business environment that pose hidden barriers and costs to corporate profitability
- Contextualise Sri Lanka's country risks against regional peers using BMI's country comparative risk ratings system
- Target business opportunities in Sri Lanka's high-growth industry sectors
- Evaluate external threats to doing business in Sri Lanka, including currency volatility, the commodity price boom and protectionist policies
The Sri Lanka Business Forecast Report by Business Monitor International (BMI) includes three major sections: Sri Lanka's Political Outlook, Sri Lanka's Economic Outlook, and Sri Lanka's Business Environment.
Sri Lanka's Political Outlook:
What are the political risks to doing business in Sri Lanka over the next 5-years?
BMI's Sri Lanka 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.
Sri Lanka Political Outlook Contents
- SWOT Analysis for the Sri Lankan Market Political strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing Sri Lanka.
- Political Stability and Risk Assessment for Sri Lanka BMI's Risk Ratings assess explicit short and long-term risks to political stability; latest ratings, rankings and trends for Sri Lanka's risk are compared with regional and global averages.
- Current Administration and Policy-making in Sri Lanka BMI profiles key policy-makers and power-brokers in the Sri Lankan government, assessing threats to the continuity of Sri Lankan economic policy, and likely changes to the business operating environment through end-2018.
- Sri Lankan Foreign Policy BMI examines key trends and shifts in Sri Lanka's foreign relations and alignments with regional neighbours, the United States and Europe, focusing on external influences.
Key Benefits
- Benchmark Sri Lanka'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 Sri Lanka, and to your company's current operations and future plans.
- Gain valuable insights into the Sri Lankan government and policy-making, through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their exclusive network of private and public sector sources.
Sri Lanka's Economic Outlook:
How will Sri Lankan economic policy-making and performance impact on corporate profitability over 2009-2014?
BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for Sri Lanka through end-2014 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate Sri Lankan growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including central bank policy, on profitability.
Sri Lanka Economic Outlook Contents
The Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lankan government views. Underpinning our Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka
- Economic Activity in Sri Lanka Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer confidence)
- Fiscal Policy in Sri Lanka Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
- Monetary Policy in Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current and capital account balances
- Foreign Direct Investment in Sri Lanka Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment climate
- Sri Lankan 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 Sri Lanka and underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
- Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic database on Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lankan government economic policy
Sri Lanka's Business Environment:
Sri Lanka's Business Environment Risk Rating with SWOT Analysis
Short and long-term business environment risk ratings for Sri Lanka, benchmarked against ratings for regional neighbours.
Country Competitiveness for Sri Lanka Competitiveness of Sri Lanka's business operating environment in supporting corporate growth and profitability over the 5-year forecast horizon, compared with regional neighbours.
Sri Lanka Business Environment Contents
- Sri Lanka's Domestic Environment. Transparency, cronyism and corruption; labour market flexibility; corporate tax burden; interest rate levels; access of private sector to lines of credit; sophistication of banking sector and stock market; levels of business confidence; infrastructure and IT
- Foreign Direct Investment in Sri Lanka Analysis of foreign investment regime, foreign ownership laws; attractiveness of business environment to foreign investors; review of major foreign direct investments over the last 24 months, and of strategic sectors attracting most interest
- Foreign Trade with Sri Lanka Analysis of trading environment, government trade policy, liberalisation measures, tariffs and membership of trade areas
Sri Lanka's Key Industry Sectors
Which industry sectors in Sri Lanka will grow fastest, and where are the major investment opportunities in the Sri Lankan market?
BMI’s identifies investment opportunities in Sri Lanka's high growth industries including automotives, defence & security, food & drink, freight transport, infrastructure, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & healthcare and IT.
Sri Lanka's Key Industry Sectors Contents
BMI’s independent 5-year forecasts to end-2014's and industry trend analyses for Sri Lanka leading industry sectors, including a selection from:
Automotive - Defence & Security - Food & Drink - Freight Transport - Infrastructure
- Oil & Gas - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Telecommunications
Coverage of Sri Lanka's Key Industry Sectors
- Market Overview Size, value and structure of industry; impact of liberalisation and privatisation on sector performance and prospects; friendliness of business environment
- Latest Developments in Sri Lanka Review of latest projects, deals, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions, and implications for sector performance; company rankings for national and multinational companies in country; main industry players by local sales, employee size, market share and main brands, products and services
- Company Rankings Main industry players by local sales, employee size, market share and main brands, products and services
- 5-year Industry Forecast for Sri Lanka Historic dataset 2005-2009 and BMI forecasts through end-2014, covering headline industry data broken out by sub sector
Key Benefits
- Target strategic sector-by-sector opportunities in Sri Lanka's high growth industries, attracting public expenditure and foreign investment; identify key players and competitors driving growth, investment and business opportunities.
- Benefit from competitive intelligence on top national and multinational companies operating in Sri Lanka's major industry sectors, including analysis of recent trends in sales and market share, company strategies, product launches and latest deals.
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