Ten individual Middle Eastern country forecast reports analysing Middle East's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2012, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International
The Middle East Business Forecast Reports provide essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in Middle East. The Middle East Business Forecast Reports helps businesses with Middle Eastern market assessments, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in Middle Eastern markets and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors / CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing / Sales Directors with commercial interests in this emerging region.
Key Uses of the Middle East Business Forecast Reports |
The Middle East's Political Outlook |
The Middle East's Economic Outlook |
The Middle East's Business Environment |
Key Middle East Industry Sectors |
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Full Range of BMI's Business Forecast Reports
Key Uses of the Middle East Business Forecast Reports
- Forecast
the pace and stability of each Middle Eastern country's economic and industry growth through end-2012
- Identify
and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in Middle East, to facilitate risk
mitigation strategies
- Assess
critical shortcomings of each Middle Eastern country market's business environment that pose hidden barriers
and costs to corporate profitability
- Contextualise
individual Middle Eastern country risks against their Middle Eastern regional peers using BMI's country comparative
risk ratings system
- Target
business opportunities in Middle East's high-growth industry sectors
- Evaluate
external threats to doing business in each Middle Eastern country, including currency volatility,
the commodity price boom and protectionist policies
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The Middle East Business Forecast Reports by Business Monitor
International include four major sections for each country:
Middle East's Political Outlook,
Middle East's Economic Outlook,
Middle East's Business Environment and
Middle East's Key Industry Sectors.
The Middle East's Political Outlook:
What are the political risks to doing business in Middle East over the next 5
years?
BMI's Middle East 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.
Middle East Political Outlook Contents
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SWOT Analysis for each Middle Eastern Market
Political Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats facing Middle East.
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Political Stability and Risk Assessment for Middle East
BMI's Risk Ratings assess explicit short and long-term risks to political
stability; latest ratings, rankings and trends for each country's risk are compared
with Middle East regional and global averages.
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Current Administration and Policy-making in Middle East
BMI profiles key policy-makers and power-brokers in the Middle Eastern government,
assessing threats to the continuity of Middle Eastern economic policy, and likely
changes to the business operating environment through end-2012.
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Middle Eastern Foreign Policy
BMI examines key trends and shifts in Middle East's foreign relations and
alignments with Middle Eastern neighbours, the United States and Europe, focusing on
external influences.
Key Benefits
- Benchmark each Middle Eastern country 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 Middle East, and to your company's current operations and
future plans.
- Gain valuable insights into the government and policy-making,
through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their
exclusive network of private and public sector sources.
The Middle East's Economic Outlook:
How will Middle Eastern economic policy-making and performance impact corporate
profitability over 2008-12?
BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for Middle East through
end-2012 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate Middle Eastern
growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including
central bank policy, on profitability.
Middle East Economic Outlook Contents
The Middle East Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts
for each of the Middle Eastern markets, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2008, 2009,
2010, 2011 and 2012 set against government views. Underpinning our
forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end-2012,
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 Middle East
- Economic Activity
Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and
consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer
confidence)
- Fiscal Policy
Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government
finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
- Monetary Policy
Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation)
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Exchange Rate Policy
Currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
- Balance of Payments
Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current account balance
- Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment
climate
- 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 each Middle Eastern market and
underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
- Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic
country
database, 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 government economic policy.
The Middle East Business Environment:
How internationally competitive is each Middle Eastern country's regulatory environment,
and what changes can be expected?
BMI assesses levels of transparency, flexibility of labour market, tax
burden, development of the banking sector and credit availability,
infrastructure and IT, foreign investment regime and trade liberalisation in
each Middle Eastern market.
Middle East Business Environment Contents
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Business Environment Risk Rating with SWOT Analysis
Short and long-term business environment risk ratings for each Middle Eastern country, benchmarked
against ratings for neighbouring countries.
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Country Competitiveness
Competitiveness of each country's business operating environment in supporting
corporate growth and profitability over the 5-year forecast horizon,
compared with regional neighbours.
Coverage of Key Business Environment Issues in each Middle Eastern market'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
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
Analysis of trading environment, government trade policy, liberalisation
measures, tariffs and
membership of trade areas
The Middle East's Key Industry Sectors
Which industry sectors in Middle East will grow fastest, and where are the
major investment opportunities in each Middle Eastern market?
BMI targets investment opportunities in each Middle Eastern market's high growth industries,
including automotives, food and drink, infrastructure, oil and gas,
pharmaceuticals and healthcare, telecommunications and IT.
Coverage of Middle East's Key Industry Sectors - Middle East 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 Middle East
Review of latest projects, deals, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions,
and implications for sector performance;
company rankings for national and multinational companies in Middle East; main industry players by local sales, employee size, market share and main
brands, products and services
- 5-year Industry Forecast for each Middle Eastern
Market
Historic dataset (2003-2007) and BMI forecasts through end-2012, covering
headline industry data broken out by sub sector
Key Benefits
- Target strategic sector-by-sector opportunities in the Middle East'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 Middle East's major industry sectors, including analysis of
recent trends in sales and market share, company strategies, product
launches and latest deals.
Who buys the Middle East Business Forecast Reports?
The Middle East Business Forecast Reports are essential tools for CEOs,
Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors
with commercial interests in Middle East.
Our Business Forecast Reports are relied upon by corporates, banks, government
departments and multinational organisations around the world.
Business Monitor International's Business Forecast Report subscribers include:
3M,
Abbott Laboratories,
Accenture,
Access Bank Plc,
ADNEC,
American Express (Middle East) BSC,
Arab Swiss Engineering Co ASEC Group,
Astra Zeneca,
Bahrain Petroleum Company,
BNP Paribas,
British American Tobacco SA (pty) Ltd,
Crown Industries,
Ernst & Young,
GE International Inc,
Gulf Holding Company,
Hyder Consulting,
Impact/BBDO,
Intercontinental Bank Plc,
Kellogg,
Mobinil,
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Samsung Engineering & Construction,
Telkom Wholesale Services,
Tesco Corporation,
Tetra Pak Egypt Ltd,
Visa International
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