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Updated daily by key members of Business Monitor International's Country Risk team, The Risk Watchdog blog gives you up-to-date insight and comment from our analysts around the world, covering global financial markets, economic analysis and political risk.

 

Caribbean
Country risk analysis, forecasts, rankings, industry research and competitive intelligence on leading companies, covering 28 markets across the Caribbean region
Country Risk | Country risk analysis, macroeconomic forecasts and business environment rankings, covering 175 markets worldwide
Special Reports
- $490
Read More Emerging Markets Take Centre Stage: A Dramatic Shift in Purchasing Power
58 pages    Pub date: February 4 2010   
EM To Outperform After years of progress on regulatory reform, macroeconomic restructuring and institutional convergence following the painful events of the Asian and Russian crises of 1997/98 and the Argentine debt default of 2001, emerging markets (EM) are, for the most part, far healthier than ever be...
- $675
Read More Caribbean 2009-10: Trouble In Paradise
51 pages    Pub date: May 14 2009   
BMI presents a comprehensive report on the Caribbean, including our views on the future of offshore financial centres, the diversification of tourism, and the rising tide of crime.
Business Forecast Reports
- $765
Read More East Caribbean Business Forecast Report
54 pages    ISSN: 1479-6007    Pub date: February 26 2010    Quarterly   
Challenges Are Far From Over Although several Caribbean economies appear to be emerging from the aftershock of the global macroeconomic crisis afflicting the region since late 2008, we expect a stuttering global economic recovery to continue to weigh on the Caribbean economy for some ti...
- $765
Read More Trinidad & Tobago Business Forecast Report
58 pages    ISSN: 1750-2128    Pub date: February 26 2010    Quarterly   
Economy To Rebound, But To Gentler Trend Although Trinidad & Tobago remains a regional outperformer economically, it is far from immune to swings in global demand as evidenced by the sharp slowdown in the economy in 2009. Although macroeconomic headwinds could linger for some time, we e...
- $765
Read More West Caribbean Business Forecast Report
54 pages    ISSN: 1479-6015    Pub date: February 26 2010    Quarterly   
Challenges Are Far From Over Although several Caribbean economies appear to be emerging from the aftershock of the global macroeconomic crisis afflicting the region since late 2008, we expect a stuttering global economic recovery to continue to weigh on the Caribbean economy for some ti...
Monitors
- $765
Read More Latin America Monitor - Caribbean
ISSN: 0265-9115    Monthly   
Caribbean Monitor each month provides country-by-country analyses, ratings and forecasts covering political risk, economic performance, key industries, finance and the business environment
- $725
Read More Global Macro Monitor - Latin America Edition
ISSN: 2041-3424    Monthly   
The Latin America Edition includes BMI's Country Risk and Financial Markets team's global outlook, with unrivalled coverage of developed states combined with a focus on key regional and country-by-country stories from Latin America, all backed by BMI's 25 years of emerging markets specialization.
- $2785
Read More Emerging Markets Monitor
ISSN: 1359-0006    Weekly   
Emerging Markets Monitor provides weekly analyses, forecasts and ratings on fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, bonds, equities and funds across global markets, all backed by Business Monitor International’s highly respected assessments of political and macroeconomic risk.
- $2595
Read More Corporate Financing Week
ISSN: 1064-1912    Weekly   
Corporate Financing Week provides must-read updates and analysis on global M&A activity, IPOs, privatizations and equity and debt financing strategies, with must-read updates and analysis on all the key breaking deals.
Industries | Industry trend analysis and forecasts, and competitive intelligence on leading companies, covering 16 industries across 60 markets worldwide
Special Reports
- $490
Read More Global Quarterly Infrastructure View – Q409: An Encouraging End To A Dismal Year
14 pages    Pub date: January 1 2010   
The fourth quarter saw a thaw in bank lending and a recovery in project finance operations. Though multilateral organisations and state-owned development banks played a dominant role, banks, especially from Asia, also had a presence in syndicated loans. One such example is the financing for the Salalah independent water and powe...
- $490
Read More BMI Global Oil Market Report
19 pages    Pub date: November 12 2009   
Business Monitor International (BMI) has just published the Q1 2010 edition of our series of Global Oil Market Reports. This report details the major industry events in the Global Oil Market in Q3 and provides Q1 2010 forecasts for supply, demand and prices across both crude oil (OPEC basket, Brent, WTI, Urals, Dubai) and refined products (gasoline, gasoil/diesel, naphtha and jet/kerosene).
- $675
Read More Global Economic Downturn: Implications For The Pharmaceutical Industry
44 pages    Pub date: September 16 2009   
In this special report, BMI assess the impact of the economic downturn on drug expenditure levels in markets across the globe.
- $675
Read More Burden Of Disease Database
30 pages    Pub date: September 29 2008   
Key insights from BMI’s Burden of Disease Database, an online tool that forecasts the burden of 123 diseases in 192 countries through to 2030.
- $480
Read More Spreading Its Wings: Gazprom's International Activities
24 pages    Pub date: June 6 2008   
Comprehensive analysis of Russian gas giant Gazprom's global expansion plans, covering market position, strategy and the latest deals across five regions.
Industry Reports
- $875
Read More Trinidad & Tobago Oil & Gas Report
93 pages    Pub date: March 16 2010    Quarterly   
The latest Trinidad & Tobago Oil & Gas Report from BMI forecasts that the country will account for just 0.48% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2013, while providing only 1.21% of supply. Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn barrels per day (b/d) in 2001 reached an estimated 7.72mn b/d in 2008. It s...
- $875
Read More Caribbean Food & Drink Report
98 pages    Pub date: February 9 2010    Quarterly   
A move towards high-margin value-added food products is a long-term goal for many fruit and vegetable producers in the Caribbean. One company that has moved in this direction is the Jamaica Producers Group (JPG), which has diversified away from fresh bananas to become a vertically integrated producer of fruit-based food and drin...
- $875
Read More Caribbean Telecommunications Report
80 pages    Pub date: January 28 2010    Quarterly   
The liberalisation of the Bahamian telecoms market looks ever closer as six bids were entered in December 2009 for a stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), and a winner expected in 2010. The difference this will make to the telecoms market cannot be underestimated. Although the fixed-line market in the Baham...
- $875
Read More Caribbean Tourism Report
34 pages    Pub date: January 13 2010    Quarterly   
2008 Arrivals Slow With most major Caribbean countries having reported 2008 results, the picture is generally gloomy. While some countries have experienced high growth, in general growth has been minimal or negative. Of the 16 that have yet reported full-year figures, only six reported growth, and only one ...
- $875
Read More Costa Rica Tourism Report
29 pages    Pub date: January 4 2010    Quarterly   
After increasing from 2.06mn in 2006 to 2.29mn in 2007, BMI expects arrivals to have increased to 2.51mn in 2008 before dipping down to 2.29mn in 2009. Arrival numbers are forecast to tick up again in 2010, and to grow to 3.5mn in 2014, at the end of our forecast period. The majority of tourists visit Costa Rica during the peak ...
- $875
Read More Caribbean Insurance Report
58 pages    Pub date: December 22 2009    Annual   
The clearest differentiating factor in the Caribbean insurance sector is the marked absence of major global players. AIG in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, and Spain’s MAPFRE , which has a presence in the Dominican Republic, are the only international insurers that have yet seen potential in Caribbean insurance market...
- $875
Read More Bermuda Insurance Report
35 pages    Pub date: December 22 2009    Annual   
According to the 2007 Annual Report of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, total premiums in 2006 amounted to BMD115.783mn. Of this, BMD 27,467mn was generated by Long-Term Insurers writing long-term or life business. The remaining premiums were written by Class 1 insurers (single-parent pure captives), Class 2 insurers (multi...
- $875
Read More Puerto Rico Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report
73 pages    Pub date: December 2 2009    Quarterly   
Puerto Rico’s pharmaceutical market is showing strong growth in nominal terms, but high inflation in the economy will erode many of these gains. BMI expects the Puerto Rican drug market to increase from US$2.9bn in 2008 to US$4bn by 2013, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.68% in US dollar terms. Howeve...
Financial Markets | Analysis, forecasts and ratings on fixed income, FX, interest rates, commodities, equity markets and global funds
Monitors
- $2785
Read More Emerging Markets Monitor
ISSN: 1359-0006    Weekly   
Emerging Markets Monitor provides weekly analyses, forecasts and ratings on fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, bonds, equities and funds across global markets, all backed by Business Monitor International’s highly respected assessments of political and macroeconomic risk.
- $2595
Read More Corporate Financing Week
ISSN: 1064-1912    Weekly   
Corporate Financing Week provides must-read updates and analysis on global M&A activity, IPOs, privatizations and equity and debt financing strategies, with must-read updates and analysis on all the key breaking deals.
Company Intelligence | Latest-available research on 150,000 top company executives at 60,000 leading multinational companies, located in emerging markets worldwide
Company Directories
- $975
Read More Multinational Companies in the Caribbean CD-ROM
322 pages    ISSN: 1472-5126    Pub date: October 12 2009    Annual   
Multinational Companies in the Caribbean CD-ROM - Sample Company Profile Hill & Knowlton PO Box 2126 J Walter Thompson Building Caparra Heights Station San Juan 922-2126 Puerto Rico Tel: +1...