Our expertise and extensive network of independent consultants throughout the world enable us to collect data and perform customized research and modeling to answer your questions in timely and cost-effective ways.
We currently:
- assist firms with product line forecasting, customized macroeconomic scenario analysis, and strategic planning;
- analyze the economies of and policy options in countries that have underdeveloped statistical systems or are recovering from conflict; and
- develop economic diversification strategies for resource-rich counties.
Some of our past projects include:
1. Debt Sustainability Analysis
- An analysis of Venezuela's government deficit, debt, financing requirements, & fiscal sustainability, April 2006.
- An analysis of Argentina's fiscal sustainability after the debt swap, March 2005.
- Poland public sector deficit, debt, and financing requirement: a scenario analysis, January 2005.
- Analysis of the Philippines debt sustainability: is the Philippines going to be Asia's Argentina? November 2004.
- Assessing Turkey's fiscal sustainability, June 2003.
- Assessing Brazil's fiscal sustainability, November 2002.
2. Government Finance
- An analysis of Chavez's spending ability, August 2006.
- Contribution of PDVSA to Venezuelan government finance, February 2006.
3. Aid and Economic Growth
- The potential impact of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) on the economy of Sub-Saharan Africa, July 2003.
4. Economic Development
- Mexico's convergence with the U.S.: the prospect of convergence and its implications for the U.S., December 2002.
- Seven percent growth for Mexico? a quantitative assessment of Mexico's investment requirements. See Journal of Policy Modeling, 24 (2002): 781-798.
- Economic fundamentals: how does Africa measure up to the world? April 2002.
5. Economic Statistics Issues & Modeling
- Macroeconometric models for emerging countries, ongoing project.
- Has the Chinese government overestimated economic growth? See The Pace of China's Economic Growth: Research and Debate, CITIC Publishing House, January 2005.
- Is China's economic growth consistent with its energy consumption? July 2002.
- Modeling international financial flows: macroeconomic approach, August 1998.
- International capital flows: data issues, August 1998.
6. International Trade and Export Competitiveness
- A comparative export competitiveness, import concentration, & overall industry competitiveness analysis: China, Japan, South Korea, & Taiwan, March 2003.
- International trade in the midst of a changing world economy with a special focus on Latin America, June 1997.
7. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
- Crouching tiger and hidden dragon: the rise of China's outward direct investment, December 2004.
