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Reports Economic Stress Model Sample Report India October 2005 Financial and economic volatility is a fact of life for companies operating or investing in emerging markets. Proper planning and risk management can mitigate the effects of such volatility, but only if implemented in advance. Nathan EME's Economic Stress Model (ESM) gauges the level of pressure in a country's economy that could potentially lead to turning points in economic or financial cycles. » View Report. Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth Through Support for Private Sector Development With less than a decade left to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) of halving the proportion of people living on incomes less than one US dollar a day, progress in most developing countries has been grim. This report elaborates how support for the private sector can accelerate economic growth, and increase the chances of the growth directly translating into poverty reduction. The report was written by Nathan EME in conjunction with the OECD DAC Network on Poverty Reduction. » View Report. Global Trends in ICT and Business Process Outsourcing In the fast evolving offshore outsourcing market there is a continuing dynamic movement of employment towards newer, more cost-effective locations. As existing outsourcing destinations become more popular, locally based vendors move up the value chain. Clients then begin to look for alternative locations, and vendors, in order to retain their competitive edge, will establish secondary and tertiary bases in a lower cost location. » View Report. Beyond the Rhetoric: Measuring Revenue Transparency in the Oil and Gas Industry There has been growing recognition that the way to improve the responsible use of resource revenues is to increase the transparency of governments and companies. This has resulted in initiatives such as the Publish What You Pay campaign and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). This report compares the revenue transparency of oil and gas companies, identifying leaders and laggards across six countries. It also presents a measurement framework that points the way towards a Œgold standard' for company disclosure. The report was written by Nathan EME in conjunction with Save the Children UK. » View Report. Country Risk Assessment Tool Sample Report Turkey Managing a business across diverse countries involves increased risk and uncertainty, which could impact negatively on a company's reputation. Social, ethical and environmental conditions vary tremendously across countries. Failure to take account of these varying conditions, particularly where institutions and governance are weak, exposes companies to additional sources of reputational risk. Nathan EME's Country Risk Assessment Tool (C.RAT) gives managers an authoritative and objective basis on which to appraise and evaluate reputational risk globally. » View Report. Hints for Doing Business in China China represents a land of opportunities and remains the second largest foreign direct investment recipient in the world. Accession to the WTO is further integrating China into the global economy and trading system. However, doing business in China has been a struggle for foreign business executives, which in turn creates a major barrier for companies hoping to profit from this huge emerging market. Foreign companies should understand the obstacles and the need to form alliances. » View Report. The Role of Tax Policy in FDI in Southeast Europe Nathan EME was commissioned by the OECD to investigate how tax incentives, tax policy and the administrative burden of taxation affect corporate investment decisions in South East Europe. The report used an investor survey to determine the major drivers of FDI into Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro. » View Report. Dubai the Tiger of the Gulf Over the past forty years, Dubai has transformed itself from a backwater village into one of the world's pre-eminent commercial hubs. The expansion of service exports has been a major part of that transformation. This report discusses the policies and events responsible for the country's amazing makeover. » View Report. Privatisation in Nigeria Nigeria was one of the first countries in Africa to privatise state-owned enterprises in the 1990s, but the process stalled after a couple of years. Now, with a change in administration and drive for economic policy reform, the process has gained renewed momentum. This report discusses the state of the privatisation process in Nigeria, the local context, and key considerations. » View Report. Where Now for Guyana? Many decades under state-sponsored socialism have left the Guyanese economy unable to compete internationally. Liberalisation in the late 1980s initially led to very rapid growth and high hopes, but unfortunately growth was not sustained. The situation is becoming increasingly untenable; change is needed, and sooner rather than later. » View Report. |
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