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SUST 4100 - Resilience to Catastrophic Failure in Organizations: Country Risk Reports

Country Risk Reports

Finding Country Risk Reports

Analysts monitor the status of nation-states to assess their risk of debt default, political disruption, impacts of climate change, and more. Many risk reports base their analysis on the "PESTLE" model, which stands for:

  • Political: corruption, political stability, import/export restrictions, etc.
  • Economic: labour issues, production or supply chain problems, etc.
  • Socio-cultural: cultural values, shifts in population demographics, consumer behaviour, etc.
  • Technological: risks arising from communications, transport, and other technologies or infrastructures
  • Environmental: effects of climate change (including programs imposed to combat it), risk of natural disasters, etc.
  • Legal: the legal environment and changes in the law

Almost all country risk reports boil down to numeric values or letter grades, so be sure to check the each report's details and published methodology to understand how the scores were devised.

Recommended sources for country risk reports:

  • FitchConnect
    This database provides access to country risk reports for over 200 countries.
     
  • Marketline Advantage
    Access to country analysis reports, including in-depth PESTLE insights. The PESTLE report series provides comprehensive analysis of the current political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental conditions of 50 major countries. To access PESTLE information, select the general geographic area under Browse Geographies, and then select Countries under the Research type heading. Select country of interest from the resulting list.
     
  • Country Profiles via Mergent Online
    Select Country Profiles from the lower right corner of the Mergent Online home page. Choose a country from the list of over 100 provided to retrieve the Country Profile in PDF format. These profiles cover a wide range of information including economic data, industry statistics, as well as information about each country's geography and history, government, communications, media, transportation and more