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Political Risk Services (PRS) publishes 100 Country Reports that monitor the risks to international business over the next five years, using the tried and true Coplin-O’Leary methodology.

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Featured Country Report:

Morocco

PJD Taking Flak from All Sides
Reform of Morocco’s overburdened state finances has stalled since the introduction of fuel price hikes last June, and Abdelilah Benkirane, now in the second year of his tenure as prime minister, is suffering a form of political paralysis, caught between the reality of a worrisome expansion of the external deficits and a public that has no stomach for further austerity measures. At the same time, relations between the Islamist PJD and its secular coalition partners – the conservative PI, the MP, and the left-wing PPS – are marked by mutual suspicion and counterproductive maneuvering. Alongside these developments, the royal court is moving to insulate the monarchy from public disaffection over the policies of the elected government, with the apparent aim of positioning King Mohamed VI to wrest back some measure of the authority he was forced to surrender More...

International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) monitors 140 developed, emerging & frontier markets, rating a range of risks to international businesses & financial institutions with its unique methodology.

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Featured Country Analysis:

India

Support Crumbles
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s administration has been rocked by the withdrawal of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) from the governing coalition in March, a move prompted by a dispute over a UN resolution condemning the mistreatment of Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority population. Singh can still count on enough support to fend off threats to his mandate to govern, but the departure of a key government ally has raised the specter of an early election, a prospect which, although not an inevitability, is nonetheless stirring some anxiety among investors. The dispute between the UPA and the DMK centers on a US-sponsored resolution on human rights in Sri Lanka presented to the UN Human Rights Council and approved by the Indian Parliament. The DMK contends that the resolution as it stands is inadequate, as it does not make reference to More…