The services, publications and products listed below relate to PRS’ two risk rating product lines, Political Risk Services and International Country Risk Guide, because they draw on the resources available through either or both of the expert analyses of these two PRS editorial groups. 

Political Risk Workshops

                What is the difference between "political risk" and "country risk”?

                How are political and country risk measured?

                How does political or country risk affect your industry?

                What are the risks of investing in emerging markets?

                What political forces may affect your business decisions?

                How can you adapt your company’s risk model?

                How can your firm develop a customized risk assessment?

Workshop Facilitator:  Llewellyn D. Howell, Ph.D., PRS Senior Adviser, and editor of The Handbook of Country and Political Risk Analysis.

Companies invest billions of dollars internationally, at times without fully understanding the risks in dealing with other governments and economies.  Is your company taking advantage of all of the information available?  Does your company have a risk model?  Is your risk model right for your industry and your company?   PRS can arrange for one or more of our experts to sit down with your experts to help create a customized risk model for your organization.

Because of the specialized nature of this service, a workshop cannot be ordered online.  To request more information on pricing, workshop content, group sizes, and timing, please email info@prsgroup.com or call The PRS Group at +1 (315) 431-0511.

Consultations & Special Projects

Evaluating an organization’s major international business opportunities and risks may require specialized research and analysis, or perhaps just an opportunity to talk with a political or country risk expert.  Customized projects range from fact sheets of data for countries we do not usually monitor, to a major study printed and bound, converted to PDF format, or produced in other ways that meet a client’s specifications.  Here are a few examples of customized projects:

•     Transfer risk prospects for selected countries
•      Measurement of foreign direct investment climate for a range of countries
•      Country risk ratings applicable to a unique industry
•      Special study of Lebanon, or other country of current interest
•      Outlook for political stability in Egypt

Because of the specialized nature of consultations and special report projects, they cannot be ordered online.  To request more information on pricing, content, and timing, please send an e-mail with a description of your proposed consultation or project needs to info@prsgroup.com or call The PRS Group at +1 (315) 431-0511.

Special Reports
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Country Forecasts
Published semiannually (in April and October), this 450-page perfect-bound volume provides a four-page summary of forecasts and data for each of the 100 countries monitored by Political Risk Services. Each volume also includes extensive statistical and ranking tables with PRS forecasts and macroeconomic data. Sample Table of Contents in PDF format.

Political Risk Letter
A monthly newsletter summarizing the latest Political Risk Services forecasts for economic and political changes affecting international business, and providing the “Political and Economic Forecasts Table,” with  18-month and five-year forecasts for turmoil, investment, transfer, and export risk in each of 100 countries, along with forecasts of real GDP growth, inflation and current account.  Sample Issue in PDF Format.

The Country Spider
This 40-page book, especially in PDF format, expedites country risk research with links to academic and non-government resources, international news agencies, regional associations, political sites, sources of risk data, government resources in 145 countries and more.  Table of Contents in PDF format.

Country Chronologies
This 450-page book is the perfect starting point for any country research product because it provides a historical timeline of significant political, social and other noteworthy events for each of 100 countries.

Five-Year Outlook for Geopolitical Risks in 21 Oil-Producing Countries
This 150-page perfect-bound book provides Political Risk Services' five-year political scenario (through 2011) for each of the 10 OPEC countries.  In addition, for both the OPEC countries and 11 non-OPEC countries with the potential for volatility, a country-specific data chart displays ICRG country and political risk ratings for 1984–2005, and forecasts for 2007 and 2011.  A full explanation of ICRG risk rating methodology is also included.  Table of Contents in PDF format.

New Emerging Markets: A Country Risk Guide
The ICRG system rates 26 newly emerging markets. This book contains text, risk ratings, and economic databanks for each country. Data also sold separately in digital format, but not included in ICRG data. Table of Contents in PDF format.

A Business Guide to Political Risk for International Decisions
This 60-page reference explains the company's two risk methodologies: Political Risk Services and International Country Risk Guide (ICRG), including definitions of variables and explanations of ratings formulas, as well as the details of how users can customize ratings for their own unique industrial sectors. Table of Contents in PDF format.

Academic Titles
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The Handbook of Country and Political Risk Analysis
This popular university textbook presents and comments on the 12 key commercial country and political risk assessment methodologies. Edited by Llewellyn Howell, Ph.D., a PRS Senior Adviser and a leading expert on country risk analysis. Table of Contents in PDF format.

Political Risk Assessment: Concept, Method and Management
This 200-page textbook provides case-studies and real-life business applications of country and political risk theory. Also edited by Dr. Howell, this is the perfect companion to The Handbook of Country and Political Risk Analysis. Table of Contents in PDF format.

The North American Business Environment: A Political Risk Perspective for Investors enables users to adapt political risk analyses for use in a business environment,  as well as providing an overview of risk in the region by including country studies for North America and the Caribbean, one from each of PRS' two methodologies.

Political Risk Yearbook
Designed especially for academia, this massive collection (eight perfect-bound volumes in print, but also available online or on CD-ROM) includes all 100 of Political Risk Services' Country Reports as of the month before publication, January of each year. List of regions, countries & ISBNs for this publication.

International Country Risk Guide Annual
Also designed for the university setting, the ICRG Annual compiles the most recent analyses for 140 countries from in ICRG and provides one volume of its world-renowned statistical data and ratings. A full set includes seven perfect-bound volumes. List of regions, countries & ISBNs for this publication.

CountryData Subscription
Campus-wide access can be arranged for all of PRS’ data for more than 150 countries, including risk ratings and economic data from International Country Risk Guide and forecasts, economic, political, geographic, and social data from Political Risk Services. CountryData is the gateway to all current and historical data from PRS and is updated monthly.  Click here to view the wide range of data available.

Prepared ICRG Datasets
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