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Foresight on IHS Connect A new Country Risk experience

Enhanced best-in-class country risk rating system • Get a more detailed view of the risk environment with more granular risk

scores.

• Access new risk ratings change document for a complete picture of all of

risk score changes and justifications.

• Risk views group risk scores into workflow specific categories.

Improved navigation with updated user interface • Get a synthesized view of key risks worldwide with the new global country

risk landing page. Contextual maps and filtering options allow you to view

content by risk type and region.

• Quickly navigate to specific risk content using new filters and topic menus

on each country page.

• Build custom reports using improved Report Builder.

Intelligence events that inform risk forecasts • Identify risks events that impacting the local business environment with

access to over 2,500 intelligence events each week.

• Evaluate trends over time by leveraging the database of over 1,000,000

events.

Dynamic mapping improves risk visualization and location

intelligence • Access the interactive map to quickly navigate to a

specific location, identify risk-relevant events and view related research.

• Search results by risk type, keyword or publication date.

Additional risk

scores

Dynamic

mapping

Improved

navigation


Foresight Political Risk Scores Political Risk View

More granular risk scores allow for more precise evaluation of political and credit risk:

• Additional risk categories give more detail for Political Instability and Violent risk categories.

• Quantify risk with greater specificity using a scoring system based on a more precise 0.1-10 logarithmic

scale.

• Seven risk bands provide a threshold to compare and contrast risks between countries and regions.

Political instability

Government instability

Policy instability

State failure

Tax and currency

Capital transfer

Tax increase

Tax inconsistency

Contract

Expropriation

State contract alteration

Corruption

Violent

Protests and riots

Terrorism

Interstate war

Civil war


Country Risk - Global page A synthesized overview of key risks worldwide (1)

Select the Risk

Menu on the main

navigation bar, then

select Country

Risk > Country

Risk - Global

Menu options will appear based on the user’s access or company subscription.

Direct access to a Country page.



Read analysis on Hot Topics

around the world

Click to view

global heat map

and countries’

league table by

aggregate risk

type

Click on a country

to jump to the

individual country

page

Navigate to an individual country page by

typing the country name in the text box

Access Special Reports,

Country Risk Review

Click on the

bell icon to set

Email Alerts

for Bulletins

and

Newsletters



Click on the funnel icon to

apply filters by Region, Risk

Type and Sectors for the

latest Headline Analysis and

Intelligence Events

Intelligence Events are risk-

relevant events that have

impacted the business

environment or events that are

indicators of future change in the

risk environment

Click to jump to the Risks and Ratings tool


Country Risk - Risks and Ratings Compare and evaluate country ratings (1)

Select the Risk

Menu on the main

navigation bar, then

select Country

Risk > Risks and

Ratings

Menu options will appear based on the user’s access or company subscription.

A league table to measure

countries’ riskiness


Country Risk – Risks and Ratings Compare and evaluate country ratings (2)

Toggle between

Ratings Table or

Map View

Save custom country

grouping as a Profile or

Export to Excel.

Select Country

Risk tab to

evaluate countries’

relative riskiness by

comparing their risk

scores

Customize view using

regional filters or

creating regional

aggregates (My

Regions)

Customize

risks’

weights


Country Risk – Risks and Ratings Compare and evaluate country ratings (3)

Seven color-coded

risk bands (Low to

Extreme)

View the

methodology for the

risk rating system

NEW Risk Scores! Access forward-looking risk ratings for new sub-

aggregate risk categories and historical risk score changes

Expand risk factors to display its sub-

aggregate risk categories

Click the rating to display its

historical evolution, and to

read about reasoning

associated to rating changes


Data Browser Tool Search, review, save and manipulate country risk scores

Select the Country Risk Ratings dataset under

Tools > Data Browser

Select the

Risk Menu

on the main

navigation

bar, then

select

Country

Risk

Select Risk

category from

Concept

menu,

Country from

Geography

and Frequency

to Select,

View, Save

and Export

risk scores


Geography Individual Country Page (1)

Type the country’s name in the search bar

Risk ratings, intelligence

events, and analysis for

specific country

Select the Geography tab

on the main navigation bar

The A-Z option expands the

full list of geographies The last viewed

countries are listed

here


Geography Individual Country Page (2)

Filter Headline Analysis by risk type

Risk Ratings module

highlights risk categories from

the new risk ratings system

The overall score

offers a forward-

looking 1-year risk

assessment

The arrow provides the

outlook beyond 1 year

Click the arrow and

expand the view to see

sub-aggregate risk

categories and ratings

Click the category

name to view a graph

of historical risk

score changes

Use the sub menus to display

relevant risk content and scores

HINT: Headline Analysis comprises the same content as Insight Briefs on Foresight

The Country Report highlights key

points for the short-term political and

security outlook. Click on the Full

Report link for a comprehensive report


Geography Individual Country Page (3) Filter your views of intelligence events by risk category

Use the drop-

down menu to

change the map

view by risk type

Click the links to

access more

Intelligence

Events, or the

Map for a detailed,

interactive view

Click on the pins

in the mini map to

highlight geo-

coded Intelligence

Events

Access Country

Risk Forecasts

for detailed

analysis of key

risks (Forecast

Briefs on

Foresight)


Map Interactive visualization tool for location-specific risk assessments (1)

Select the Map from the main

navigation bar


Map Interactive visualization tool for location-specific risk assessments (2)

Orange pins mark local risk

events on the map. Click the pin to

display the event

The

Intelligence

Events and

Terrorist

Targets tabs

provides a list

of events that

correspond to

the area

displayed on

the map

Use Search to find

specific intelligence

events. Filter your

results by risk

type, keyword, or

publication date

Blue pins mark

Terrorist targets on

the map. Click the

pin to display

analysis.

Click on the Layers drop down to

display the Location Risk heat map

layers and Pins available


Report Builder

Build Custom Reports

• Click on the + sign next to analysis, maps, tables, charts to

add to a folder under My Connect.

• Access My Saved under My Connect, and select Build

Report.

• Name the report, and click Apply.

• After viewing any content unavailable for Report Builder,

review Title, add Subtitle and Introduction and select content

from the Content List to include in your report.

• Use Ordered By to arrange saved content by Type, by Country

and Custom.

• In Custom, drag and drop articles to your preferred order.

• Use Add your section to create a custom comment section.

• Save to copy to a specified My Saved folder; Export to PDF or

Export to Word.


Search and Email Alerts

Key features:

• Filter the search by: Published

date (defaults to Last 6 months),

Geography, Risk type, Content

type, Document format, and Report

Author

• Boolean operators include AND,

OR and NOT options

• Click on Save Search to save the

search criteria into My Connect and

to enable email alerts

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through: My Connect > email settings


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