International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) Researchers Datasethttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4YHTPUInternational Country Risk Guide (ICRG) ResearchersHarvard Dataverse2013-05-132022-05-27T13:56:17Z<p>Main data files comprise 22 variables in three subcategories of risk (political, financial, and economic) for 146 countries for 1984-2021. Data are annual averages of the components of the ICRG Risk Ratings (Tables 3B, 4B, and 5B) published in the International Country Risk Guide. Indices include: political: government stability, socioeconomic conditions, investment profile, internal conflict, external conflict, corruption, military in politics, religion in politics, law and order, ethnic tensions, democratic accountability, and bureaucratic quality; financial: foreign debt, exchange rate stability, debt service, current account, international liquidity; and economic: inflation, GDP per head, GDP growth, budget balance, current account as % of GDP. </p> <p> Table 2B provides annual averages of the composite risk rating.</p> <p> Table 3Ba provides historical political risk subcomponents on a monthly basis from May 2001-February 2022. </p> <p>Also includes the IRIS-3 dataset by Steve Knack and Philip Keefer, which covers the period of 1982-1997 and computed scores for six additional political risk variables: corruption in government, rule of law, bureaucratic quality, ethnic tensions, repudiation of contracts by government, and risk of expropriation.</p> <p>Additional data files provide country risk ratings and databanks (economic and social indicators) for new emerging markets for 2000-2009.</p>Social Sciencespolitical risk20142013-05-1319842013Risk ratings; aggregate socio-economic indicatorsAlbania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Congo DR, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Germany, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea DPR, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Serbia & Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, USSR, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Germany, Yemen, Zambia, ZimbabweWorldLicensed electronic resources are restricted to members of the MIT community and for the purposes of research, education, and scholarship. Under MIT's licenses for electronic resources, users generally may not: <p><ul><li>redistribute the materials or permit anyone other than a member of the MIT community to use them</li> <li>remove, obscure or modify any copyright or other notices included in the materials</li> <li>use the materials for commercial purposes.</li></ul> Users are individually responsible for compliance with these terms.</p>General PRS Copyright Statement: Copyright, The PRS Group, Inc., 1997-2000. The PRS Group's reports are limited publications containing valuable market information provided to a select group of customers in response to orders and our customers acknowledge when ordering that the reports so ordered are for our customer's own internal use only* and not for general publication or disclosure to third parties. This report may not be copied or given, lent or sold to third parties without written permission nor may its contents be disclosed to non-customers without written permission. All rights (including copyright) reserved to the copyright holder. Arrangements for internal file copying can be made by contacting Managing Director, Mary Lou Walsh, (315) 431-0511