Investigation and analysis

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Economic and business environment analysis:

a) Demographics: Population, growth rate, distribution of population (age groups), rural vs. urban, cities vs. Villages

c) Major exports and trading partners

d) Business environment: Government attitude to foreign investment and trends, ease of doing business, trade regulations

e) Inflation levels, currency exchange rate; risks of devaluation versus the dollar

f) Education and literacy levels, availability of skilled labor, labor costs

g) Membership in regional economic and trading blocks

h) Legal system: Protection of intellectual property rights, enforcement of contracts