Our thanks go to the analysts and economists and institutions below who contributed to the Political Risk and Economic Performance ratings and did not wish to remain anonymous.
Barbara Huynh-Dernovsek, UBS AG;
Sruti Patel, Afrinvest;
Claudia Zauchinger, Erstre Bank;
Kate Davies, D&B;
Alex Durrer, LGT Capital Management;
Gregor Eder, Dresdner Bank AG;
Thierry Apoteker, TAC Applied Economic and Financial Research;
William Dugan, Summit Analytical Associates;
Ladan Mahboobi, Royal Bank of Canada;
Sylvia Griesman at Coface at www.cofacerating.com;
Luigi Ruggerone, Banca Intesa;
Saruhan Hatipoglu, Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI);
Stefan Frank, Helaba;
Hans Slock, ONDD;
Cyril Widdershoven, Mediterranean Energy Political Risk Consultancy;
William Dugan, Summit Analytical Associates;
Takeshi Shigeoka, Nomura Securities;
Richard Segal, Argo Capital;
YiYi Lu, The Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House;
Mauro Toldo, DekaBank/Deutsche Girozentrale;
Rashna Writer, Merchant International Group;
Olena Bilan, Dragon Capital;
Linda Yueh, London School of Economics;
Naoko Oka, Sumitomo Shoji Research Institute;
John Thomas, Harvard University;
Gerhard Kinzelberger, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG;
Plamen Pantev, Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS);
Mehrdad Parhizkar, Atieh Bahar;
Marco Lier, Swiss RE;
Robert Barlow, WILLIS.;
Denise Youngblood Coleman, Robert Kelly and Ryan Jennings, CountryWatch Inc;
Simon Sole, Exclusive Analysis Limited;
Jane Kinninmont, Business Monitor International;
James McLeod-Hatch and team, AKE Ltd.;
Annick Trottier, Global Insight;
Terry Emerson, KBC;
Mark Henstridge, BP;
Douglas Goold, Canadian Institute of International Affairs;
Nandita Reisinger-Chowdury, RZB;
Vladimir Gersamia, Merrill Lynch;
Pascal Ditte, www.projekt-sia.de;
Mary Lou Walsh, PRS Group;
Henry Mo, Credit Suisse;
Donna Winters, Strategic Forecasting;
David Wall, Chatham House;
John Levy and Sebastian Spio-Garbrah, Eurasia Group;
Debora Revoltella, Unicredit;
Serdar Kaya, www.FiscalStudy.com;
Harald Kreuzmair, RZB.
We would also like to thank the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) at Chatham House in London for providing access to their facilities, experts and speakers.
