Other countries affected by political instability: Aon

NEW YORK contracting credit markets and more countries are threatened by political instability this year, according to the analysis of Aon Risk Services.

Aon annual political risk is considered high risk, that in the past year and a new category of "high risk" for the seven countries, whose situation has changed significantly in recent years: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Somalia and Zimbabwe.

"The threats to these countries, only continues to deteriorate," Miles Johnstone, Director of Political Risk, Aon, said in a statement. "It is to such an extent that, although we have been able to reach some customers in some of these areas, which are not always available."

In particular, the report concludes that the threat of further decline in the price of oil, metals and other commodities will be more countries, the risk of instability. During the economic crisis, governments often have fewer resources to financial problems, Aon said.

"The volatility of world prices in the 1970's and early 1980's, contributed to political and economic instability in some countries," Roger Schwartz, senior vice president of Aon Trade Credit, said in a statement. "Countries that have recently benefited from high prices suffer as the (price) fall."

The report examines the country's political stability, its dependence on commodity exports, and fluctuations in the prices of exports in the short and long term financial planning and the quality of economic management.

Aon also in eight countries with low and medium risk and low risk, taking into account the impact of the credit crisis: Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Malaysia and Mauritania, as well as risky.

But a new study ranking 13 countries: Egypt, Algeria, Benin, Cameroon, Colombia, Kuwait, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Moldova, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Turkmenistan.

The United States won the 137-meters of the 209 countries that have a low risk in general. Zimbabwe rank as the country's highest risk.

Aon has a map of political risk in the year for the past 16 years. Analysis of interviews with analysts and insurance company in London, U.S. and other countries about the threat of terrorism, war, riots and strikes, the failure of government bonds and other threats in several countries. He also uses the analysis of Oxford, England based consultancy Oxford Analytica Ltd. in a country's legal framework and the vulnerability of the chain there.

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