Risk Forecasts

Risk Forecasts provide assessments and scores for a variety of risk factors for each country within eight unique regions:
 

• Central and South Asia (16 countries)

• East Asia and the Pacific (21 countries)

• East Europe (20 countries)

• Middle East and North Africa (20 countries)

• North America (15 countries)

• South America (11 countries)

• Sub-Saharan Africa (40 countries)

• West Europe (18 countries)

TYPES OF RISK INCLUDED IN THE RISK FORECASTS

DeBrun's Regional Risk Forecasts measure six primary areas of risk and 23 sub-sections of risk which include:

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• Domestic political risk

   

  Internal conflict risk
  Extremist influence
  Political gridlock
  Reduced central authority
   

• International political risk

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  Regional conflict risk
  Global conflict involvement
  Terrorism risk
   

• Domestic economic risk

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  Recessionary risk
  Inflationary risk
  Currency risk
  Labor force risk
  Investment risk
  Sector-related risk
  Credit risk
  Regulatory risk
  Market openness risk
  Budgetary risk
   

• International economic risk

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  Regional economic risk
  ​Export risk
   

• Environmental risk

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  Natural disaster risk
  Environmental risk
   

• Demographic and social risk

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  Age-characteristic risk
  Migration risk
  Social risk

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