Markets Database Product Description:
MVI Markets Database includes 70+ countries where the major retailers around the world operate. This database contains basic macroeconomic indicators, such as GDP, GDP growth, inflation, exchange rates and some other statistics such as total population, country retail sales, informal markets and capabilities scorecard. Fields included in the Markets Database: - GDP in 1999 $US: The value of all final goods and services produced by an economy during a year.
- GDP Growth: Annual percentage growth in GDP
- Inflation: Increase in the volume of money and credit relative to available goods and services, resulting in a continuing increase in general price levels.
- Total Population by Country: Number of people living in a country in a given year.
- Local Currency Conversion Exchange Rates to US$: Calculated as the average of the first and last days of the year (i.e. exchange rates on January 1, 1998 and December 31, 1998, divided by 2).
- US$ Conversion Exchange Rates to Local Currency: This number is the average of the first and last days of the year (i.e. exchange rates on January 1, 1998 and December 31, 1998, divided by 2).
- Population by City: Cities included have a base population of approximately 300,000 or higher.
- Country Retail Sales in 1999 $US: Total country-level retail sales of all retail channels, excluding automotive and gasoline sales. Note: Includes all formal and informal retail sales (see point #9).
- Informal Markets: A measure of the informal activity within a country as a percentage of GDP. Informal activities include: smuggling, piracy of intellectual property, agricultural production, manufacturing, services, transportation and labor supplied in black markets. These numbers are estimates based on MVI's research.
- Capabilities Scorecard: (See ?Criteria?) MVI developed a set of criteria to make a studied opinion and assessment of the 70+ countries on measures important to customer development. Our goal is to gauge the level of development in key operating areas in these countries so that users may develop plans and allocate resources accordingly.
Sources: MVI Research, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Economist Intelligence Unit, Barclays Bank of England, World Economic Outlook 1998, www.census.gov, The Global Growth Outlook 1998, International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 1998 Index of Economic Freedom, The Europa World Yearbook 1998 (Volume I and II).
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