Accra Country Info May 2009

Country Intelligence: Analysis, Data & Risk Eliza Mcleod Elena Maslyukova World Bank Group Library Accra, May 5th, 2009

Today’s Agenda

Country Intelligence

Country and Industry Analysis

Country Risk and Forecasts

Statistical Resources

Come to Us First ! http://jolis Looking for Country Information?

Country Analysis

Oxford Analytica

Analytical commentaries relating to major political,

economic or business developments

SourceOECD

OECD assessment and recommendations on main

economic challenges

EIU Country Reports

Quarterly analysis and forecasts of political, economic,

and business environment in 200 countries

EIU Country Profiles

Annual perspective on long-term political and social issues affecting each country

Oxford Analytica From database page, select by title, or under Popular Databases http://library.worldbankimflib.org/Collections/Databases/databases.aspx

Oxford Analytica

Daily International Briefs

Country Profiles

Alerting service to stay up to date

http://www.oxweb.com.libproxy-wb.imf.org/oxweb/default.aspx?

Oxford Analytica Special reports are linked from our online library catalog: For example: Sub-Saharan Africa [electronic resource] : key issues to 2012 . Electronic access Full text: http://library.imf.org/Restricted/Docs/OA_SSAfricaStudyFinal.pdf Publication info [Oxford] : Oxford Anaytica

SourceOECD Search result example for “Ghana”

http://external.worldbankimflib.org/uhtbin/ezproxy.cgi?url=http://www.eiu.com/jbfl Example Country Profile , annual report EIU Economist Intelligence Unit

http://external.worldbankimflib.org/uhtbin/ezproxy.cgi?url=http://www.eiu.com/jbfl

Example Country Report ,

Published quarterly

Generally about 20 pages covering major issues.

EIU Economist Intelligence Unit

Country Data Sources

EIU Country Data

Interactive database, source of macroeconomic

indicators and forecasts

Data Development Platform - DDP

Web resource for retrieving and reporting

development-related data

OECDStat

Statistical portal incorporating 27 databases

covering 30 member countries and BRICS Group

Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive

Statistical information with data entries ranging

from 1815 to the present

Country Risk and Forecast Services EIU Services Country Risk Service Analysis of the risks of financial exposure in 100 countries covering sovereign, currency, banking risks Risk Briefing Daily risk analysis for companies doing business worldwide Country Risk Model Interactive database analyzing and modeling country risks Country Forecast Report Five-year macroeconomic projections for 82 of the world's largest economies and a forward-looking assessment of their political, policy, and business environments as well as regional overviews World Investment Service Database containing flows of investment by country and industry, overseas mergers and acquisitions

International Country Risk Guide

Assessment and data covering political, financial, and economic

risks for 140 countries

Consensus Forecasts

Monthly surveys covering estimates for principal macroeconomic variables

ISI Emerging Markets

Comparative forecasts from several agencies

News, company and financial data from more than 70 emerging countries

Sovereign Ratings

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) evaluates country and company risk

(available by request from the library

Fitch Ratings offer long-term and short-term credit ratings

Country Risk and Forecast

WBG Internal Resources on Risk and Forecasting

Doing Business In… Database

http://www.doingbusiness.org/

a guide for evaluating regulations that directly impact economic growth, downloading underlying laws, making cross-country comparisons, and identifying good practice reforms.