Introduction
On this page, you find a selection of online publications that my professional clients use during my skills training courses. These publications focus on two critical aspects of country risk analysis: macro-economic risk drivers and political risk drivers.
I also recommend these publications to students of my Country Risk Analysis skills training at Maastricht University and my Country Risk Analysis course at Maastricht Summer School.
I am aware that this is a rather small selection of online publications on macro-economic risk drivers and political risk drivers. However, their content is highly relevant when you want start with doing country risk analysis.
These links were all up-to-date in January 2021. If you have questions or suggestions regarding online publications on macro-economic risk drivers and political risk drivers, please contact me.
Data Series for Macro-Economic Risk Drivers
- BP – Statistical Review of World Energy
- Energy Information Administration – Annual Energy Outlook 2020
- FAO – FAOSTAT New Food Balances
- International Monetary Fund – World Economic Outlook Databases
- International Trade Centre – International trade statistics 2001-2020
- International Trade Centre – Foreign direct investment data
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – Main Macro-Economic Risk Indicators
- UNCTAD – Country Profiles
- UNCTAD – Data Center
- U.S. Geological Survey – Commodity Statistics and Information
- U.S. Geological Survey – International Minerals Statistics and Information
- U.S. Geological Survey – Mineral Commodity Summaries
- World Bank – Commodity markets
- World Bank – Global Economic Prospects
- World Bank – World Development Indicators
- World Trade Organisation – World Trade Statistical Review
- World Travel-Tourism Council – Economic Impact Reports
Data Series for Political Risk Drivers
- Adam Carr – Psephos Adam Carr’s Election Archive
- Amnesty International – Countries
- Center for Global Policy – Global Report Series (Global Report 2017: Conflict, Governance and State Fragility)
- CIA – CIA World Factbook
- Fund for Peace – Fragile States Index
- Freedom House – Freedom in the World / Countries and Territories
- Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung – Conflict Barometer – Current Version
- Human Rights Watch – World Report 2020
- International Crisis Group – CrisisWatch Overview
- Inter-Parliamentary Union – Parline – global data on national parliaments
- Maryland University – Minority At Risk – Data
- Reporters without Boundaries – Detailed Methodology
- RULERS – Heads of State and Heads of Government
- SIPRI – SIPRI Military Expenditures Data
- Transparency International – Corruption Perceptions Index
- United Nations Development Programme – Technical Notes – Calculating the Human Development Indices — Graphical Presentation
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database: Sources, Methods and Data Considerations
- Uppsala University – Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) – Data for Download
- Visions of Humanity – Global Peace Index 2020
- World Bank – Ease of Doing Business Indicators
- World Bank – Global Governance Indicators
- World Bank – World Development Indicators