Objective:
• Your goal for this assignment is to conduct a country risk report. This is a research-based
qualitative assignment. This assignment will require you to combine knowledge from chapters 2, 3,4, and 16 in addition to any additional research/information you find on a country you select.
Please include figures charts etc but not to be counted in page count. No minimum page count but no more than 25 pages double spaced.
Task
• You will submit this report in a Word document for a grade. Your analyses
should at minimum cover/address these criteria:
• Political Risk
• Country governance
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Economic indicators [historical(if relevant), latest, Trend]
• Economic/Monetary Unions (if any)
• Upon conducting your analyses/assessment, conclude whether as a foreign business (you in this
case), will want to enter the country to do any business. Justification of why/why not should be
from your analyses.
• You can mention the opinion of experts, but make sure you cite.
• Look for current affairs/news from sources such as Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, or
The Economist relevant to your country (could be the country itself or geographical
neighbors) and discuss what the current climate is for multinational investment.
• Demographic information is important: for example, religious backgrounds, general
education level, average age, population, social benefits.
For Macroeconomic variables, make sure you have recent and projected numbers. These
may include but not limited to: type of economy (capitalistic, socialistic), short and long
term interest rates, last three years’ inflation rates, GDP, unemployment rates, Balance of
Payments components, etc
Describe the type of currency regime (pegged, floating), recent pattern of exchange rate
changes (a chart of the last year from an internet source would be helpful)
Are there resources to hedge transaction exposure, i.e. whether there are futures, forwards, or
options available on the currency?
Discuss the importance of foreign capital flows for the country.
Sovereign debt (and its rating, past and present) is usually important
Government facts are valuable: form of government, party in power, chief rivals, economic
philosophy, and current issues. In addition, philosophy of political parties and chief rivals
are valuable.
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