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Country Report - Chile

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Valentina Cariani and Federica Orsini

Country Report - Ghana

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Ivano Gioia

Asia: monetary policies against the global crisis
EU sanctions to Iran: effetcts for Europe?

Clementina Colucci, Giovanni Salinaro — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:13:00 GMT

Asia: Growth forecasts revised downwards for emerging Asia countries was due to the slowdown of advanced economies.
Iran: In 2010 the international community adopted important measures aimed at persuading Iran to abandon its nuclear programme

Islamic Finance: It's time for business

Ivano Gioia — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:53:00 GMT

New words have recently emerged in the financial dictionary. Riba, gharar, maisir, haram; along with, Dow Jones Islamic Index, FTSE Global Islamic Index. These terms refer to the architecture of Islamic finance...

Special_Issue_08/09

Marco Minoretti — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:53:00 GMT

Russian economy has contracted significantly during 1H 2009 and forecast for the full year are rather negative. Oil prices dynamics and capital outflows play a key role but it is the credit crunch that has strongly affected Russian economy.

Focus On: Hungary

Valentina Cariani — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:26:00 GMT

The country has entered a critical phase linked to the weakness of the economy.

Focus On: China

Giovanni Salinaro — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:26:00 GMT

China: not just exports...

Country Report - Nigeria

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Ivano Gioia

Country Report - Indonesia

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Giovanni Salinaro

Country Risk Update

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:24:00 GMT

Snapshots: Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, China, Egypt, IMF, Iran, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Portugal, Syria, Spain, Tunisia, Hungary

Country Risk Update

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:24:00 GMT

Snapshots: Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Cameroon, China, East African Community, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, EU-27

Country Report - Algeria

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Federica Pocek

Country Report - Romania

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Valentina Cariani

Country Report - Colombia

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Valentina Cariani and Federica Orsini

Country Report - India

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Giovanni Salinaro

Country Report - Mozambique

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Author: Ivano Gioia

Focus On: Libya

Federica Pocek — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:26:00 GMT

Uncertainty and challenges during the institutional transition

Country Report - South Africa

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author:Ivano Gioia

Focus On: An expanding niche market for mechanical engineering

Eleonora Padoan — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:26:00 GMT

Italy is home to a highly-developed natural stone production and stone processing equipment industrial cluster.

Country Risk Update

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:24:00 GMT

Snapshots: Algeria, Belarus, Egypt/Tunisia, Euro area, GCC, Jordan, India, Iraq, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Russia, Suriname, USA, Venezuela, Zambia

Country Report - Vietnam

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Giovanni Salinaro

Country Report - UAE

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Clementina Colucci

Country Report - Saudi Arabia

Tue, 31 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Clementina Colucci

Country Report - Mexico

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Valentina Cariani and Federica Orsini

Country Report - Peru

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Valentina Cariani and Federica Orsini

Country Risk Update

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:24:00 GMT

Snapshots: Bahrain, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, Estonia, Indonesia, Japan, Nigeria, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Swaziland, Tunisia, Ukraine, US/EU

Focus On: Vietnam

Giovanni Salinaro — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:26:00 GMT

Vietnam’s ability to react to the global crisis has made it one of Asia’s best performers.

Country Report - Serbia

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Marco Minoretti e Federica Orsini

Country Report - Jordan

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Federica Pocek

Country Report - China

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Giovanni Salinaro

Country Report - Thailand

Tue, 31 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Giovanni Salinaro

Focus On: trends in Italian industrial sectors in 2011

Eleonora Padoan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:00 GMT

Prometeia, in partnership with Intesa San Paolo, has published its trend analysis on the Italian industry.

Country Risk Update

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:24:00 GMT

Snapshots: Belarus, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Greece, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Ras al Khaimah, Serbia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela

Focus on: sanctions against Iran, Libya and Syria

Clementina Colucci; Federica Pocek — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:26:00 GMT

The worsening situation in Libya and Syria and the need to prevent sanction busting by Iran have provoked further tightening of international sanctions.

Focus On: South Sudan

Ivano Gioia — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:26:00 GMT

On 9 July 2011 South Sudan declared its independence from the North governed by Omar al-Bashir, becoming Africa’s 54th state.

Country Report - Qatar

Mon, 30 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Clementina Colucci

Country Report - Venezuela

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Valentina Cariani

Country Report - Kenya

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author:Ivano Gioia

Country Report - Angola

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author:Ivano Gioia

Country Risk Update

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:24:00 GMT

Snapshots: Belarus; China; Germany; Greece; Iran; Kenya; Lebanon; Mozambique; Peru; Portugal; Saudi Arabia; Ukraine; Vietnam

Country Risk Update

Tue, 31 May 2011 18:24:00 GMT

Snapshots: Angola; Belarus; Egypt; GCC; Greece; India; Iran; Kosovo; New Zealand; Pakistan; Russia; Tunisia; Venezuela

Country Report - Turkey

Tue, 31 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author:Marco Minoretti

Country Report - Brazil

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Author: Valentina Cariani

Exploring New Markets Indonesia

Eleonora Padoan — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:52:00 GMT

The new issue of “Exploring new markets” covers Indonesia, which is one of the most promising emerging economies. Its economic structure is progressively strengthening and can rely on heterogeneous growth drivers, from domestic demand to diversified exports.

N°10 The Crisis in Four Notes

Raoul Ascari and Alessandro Terzulli — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:39:00 GMT

The current crisis is one of the most profound in living memory, yet it can be explained by four simple factors.

South Africa Elections

Michael Creighton — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:18:00 GMT

The ANC comfortably won the 2009 elections, attracting 65,9% of the vote, a result fairly consistent with prior years. As a result, Jacob Zuma will be appointed as the next President of South Africa. However the ANC failed to secure a two thirds majority, percentage required to change the constitution.

The Sustainable Practice of Lending

Ivano Gioia, Federica Pocek — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:17:00 GMT

Over the past decades Low-Income countries (LICs) have strengthened their economic and financial position and their debt indicators have dramatically improved...

N°9 Russia: a Political and Economic Issue

Paola Barchietto — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:35:00 GMT

The target of my analysis is to investigate the Expropriation Risk in Russia, and in relation to it, to assess the attractiveness and profitability of Foreign Investment, particularly considering the “strategic” natural resources sector.

Will the Crisis Crunch Italian Firms? Winners and Losers

Federica Pocek — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:09:00 GMT

Traditional “made in Italy” productions are the most vulnerable to the downturn, while capital good firms are more resilient. Size helps as well as a robust balance sheet, but the key factor for firms to survive through the adverse cycle remains more internationalization.

Safe Haven or Dangerous Spot? Business Risks in Emerging Markets

Fabrizio Ferrari — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Based on a new combined business risk index, in this report we show that Argentina, South Africa, Indonesia, and Turkey are the most vulnerable markets in the group…

N° 6 Investing in a Dangerous World: A New Political Risk Index

Fabrizio Ferrari, Riccardo Rolfini — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:29:00 GMT

An effective index of political risk must take into account the different dimensions affecting the attractiveness of a country to foreign business. In this paper a new conceptual framework to identify the main components of political risk and the key indicators to measure them is developed. The resulting political risk score is robust and more able than existing political risk ratings to assess the multidimensional complex nature of political risk.

Dreaming with BRICs or Doing Business with PURTs

Fabrizio Ferrari and Marco Minoretti — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:16:00 GMT

There is a group of emerging economies where Italian firms have built a more important presence: PURTs (Poland, UAE, Romania and Turkey). These markets undoubtedly offer great opportunities, and are less risky than BRICs according to SACE’s country risk rating. PURTs are more politically stable and have an operational environment which is more favourable to business.

“Prospects for Italian export growth in 2006-2010”.

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:13:00 GMT

N° 3 - Beyond the “Davos Consensus”: A New Approach to Global Risks

Emanuele Baldacci — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:07:00 GMT

A new consensus has recently emerged among analysts: we label it here the “Davos consensus” since it has been reinforced by analyses and contributions presented during the 2006 annual World Economic Forum.

N° 2 - Is Export Credit Agency A Misnomer? The ECA Response To A Changing World

Raoul Ascari — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:12:00 GMT

Changes in the global economic and financial markets and the increasing role of the private sector in the economy are among the factors triggering a change in the export credit insurance business model.

RSS Ufficio Studi

Country Report - Chile

Country Report - Ghana

Asia: monetary policies against the global crisis EU sanctions to Iran: effetcts for Europe?

Islamic Finance: It's time for business

Special_Issue_08/09

Focus On: Hungary

Focus On: China

Country Report - Nigeria

Country Report - Indonesia

Country Risk Update

Country Risk Update

Country Report - Algeria

Country Report - Romania

Country Report - Colombia

Country Report - India

Country Report - Mozambique

Focus On: Libya

Country Report - South Africa

Focus On: An expanding niche market for mechanical engineering

Country Risk Update

Country Report - Vietnam

Country Report - UAE

Country Report - Saudi Arabia

Country Report - Mexico

Country Report - Peru

Country Risk Update

Focus On: Vietnam

Country Report - Serbia

Country Report - Jordan

Country Report - China

Country Report - Thailand

Focus On: trends in Italian industrial sectors in 2011

Country Risk Update

Focus on: sanctions against Iran, Libya and Syria

Focus On: South Sudan

Country Report - Qatar

Country Report - Venezuela

Country Report - Kenya

Country Report - Angola

Country Risk Update

Country Risk Update

Country Report - Turkey

Country Report - Brazil

Exploring New Markets Indonesia

N°10 The Crisis in Four Notes

South Africa Elections

The Sustainable Practice of Lending

N°9 Russia: a Political and Economic Issue

Will the Crisis Crunch Italian Firms? Winners and Losers

Safe Haven or Dangerous Spot? Business Risks in Emerging Markets

N° 6 Investing in a Dangerous World: A New Political Risk Index

Dreaming with BRICs or Doing Business with PURTs

“Prospects for Italian export growth in 2006-2010”.

N° 3 - Beyond the “Davos Consensus”: A New Approach to Global Risks

N° 2 - Is Export Credit Agency A Misnomer? The ECA Response To A Changing World

Asia: monetary policies against the global crisis
EU sanctions to Iran: effetcts for Europe?