Latin America Investor Index (2014): Sources & Methodology
Sources and methodology of the Latin America Investor Index.
BY LATINVEX STAFF
We used a proprietary methodology to calculate country scores. The final scores reflect a lower score as best and a higher score as worst.
We used a wide array of sources, which are listed here.
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT
Starting a Business.
Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank
Tax environment.
KPMG; Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank; Heritage Foundation, Latinvex
Intensity of local competition.
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Competitiveness
World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14
Access to Loans
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
FDI Rules
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Registering Property
Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank
Business-friendly Policies of Government
Latinvex
Outlook for Business-friendly Policies of
Government
Latinvex
MACRO ENVIRONMENT
GDP growth 2011-16
International Monetary Fund; Latinvex
Inflation 2011-16
International Monetary Fund; Ecolatina; Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Latinvex
TRADE ENVIRONMENT
Export Growth 2011-16
International Monetary Fund; Latinvex
Import Growth 2011-16
International Monetary Fund; Latinvex
Exports as a percent of GDP
International Monetary Fund; Latinvex
Imports as a percent of GDP
International Monetary Fund; Latinvex
Free Trade Agreements
Regional Trade Agreements Information System, World Trade Organization
Tariffs
International Trade Center, World
Trade Organization
Non-tariff Trade Barriers
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Time to Export and Import a Container
Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank; Latinvex
Cost to Export and Import a Container
Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank; Latinvex
INFRASTRUCTURE LEVEL
Quality of airports, ports, roads and rail
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic
Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14
Customs, ease, tracking, timeliness of trade
Logistics Performance Index, The World Bank
Technology
International Telecommunications Union,
Computer Industry Almanac, Latinvex
Reliability of the electricity supply
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Ease of Getting Electricity
Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank
LABOR ENVIRONMENT
Overall Labor Freedom
Index of Economic
Freedom 2014, Heritage Foundation
Cooperation in labor-employer relations
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic
Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14
Flexibility of hiring and firing
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report
2013-14
Country capacity to retain talent
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Flexibility of wage determination
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Country capacity to attract talent
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
Political Freedom
Freedom
in the World 2014, Freedom
House
Economic Freedom
Index of Economic
Freedom 2014, Heritage Foundation
Political Stability
Latinvex
LAW &
ORDER
Crime Level
United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United Nations Program for
Development, national governments, NGOs,
Latinvex
Crime Cost
Enterprise Surveys, The World Bank; Executive
Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Report 2013-14
Reliability of Police
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perceptions Index 2013, Transparency International
Irregular Payments and Bribes
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Investor Protection
Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank; Latinvex
Property Rights
Index of Economic Freedom 2014, Heritage Foundation
Enforcing Contracts
Doing Business, 2014, The World Bank; Latinvex
Judicial Independence
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
Dispute Settlement Framework
Executive Opinion Survey, World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-14
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THE REPORTS
Latin America Investor Index:
Brazil vs Mexico
Latin America Investor Index: Colombia vs Peru
Latin America Investor Index: Chile vs Panama
Latin America Investor Index: Central America
Venezuela: Latin America’s
Basket Case
THE DATA
Latin America Investor Index: The Ranking
Latin America Investor Index (2014): Macro Environment
Latin America Investor Index (2014): Corporate Environment
Latin America Investor Index (2014): Infrastructure Level
Latin America Investor Index (2014): Trade Environment
Latin America Investor Index (2014): Labor Environment
Latin America Investor Index (2014): Law & Order
Latin America Investor Index (2014): Political Environment