Belgium Country Analysis 2013-2018: An Evaluation of Political, Social, Economic and Business Risk,

The Belgian economy is considered a modern, private enterprise based economy. The country's economy is expected to reach $633 billion by 2018 at the current price. Belgium has both financial and demographic risks facing its economic future. The country's financial stability is low compared to other developed countries, as

it carries both high debt and a large fiscal deficit. The country’s current account deficit is a result of the dual issues of the Euro debt crisis and a decrease in international demand.

Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has conducted a competitive analysis on Belgium and presents its findings in “Belgium Country Analysis 2013-2018: An Evaluation of Political, Social, Economic, and Business Risk.” This study provides a concise overview of the political, economic, social, technological, and business risks of the country. The study provides annual trends of economic and social parameters and forecasts of GDP and population for the next six years.

Belgium country analysis report highlights that the global financial crisis disrupted the macroeconomic and financial stability of many economies including Belgium, which had sustained solid growth prior to the recession, by adversely affecting the financing facilities and external demand. The Belgian economy witnessed moderate instability during 2007-2011, as it was a period of political crisis within the country. During the crisis period, Belgium experienced tense community relations and political volatility rooted in differing opinions from various parties regarding state reforms.

The study reveals that Belgium possesses highly developed infrastructure comprising its airports, seaports, roads, and railways across the country, supporting the domestic and foreign business in the country. Belgium is one of the net exporting countries of the world; its exports to European countries supported its growth rate.

Belgium country analysis report highlights different aspects of the country, including geographical location, economic performance, quarterly trend, sectoral contribution, foreign direct investment by industry, trend of population, per capita income, trend of inflation, balance of payment, budget deficit, trade structure, foreign exchange reserve and exchange rates, and R&D expenditures.

This unique report from Lucintel will provide you with valuable information, insights, and tools needed to identify new growth opportunities and operate your business successfully in this market. Belgium country analysis report will save hundreds of hours of your own personal research time and will significantly benefit you in expanding your business in this market. In today’s stringent economy, you need every advantage that you can find.

To make business, investment, and strategic decisions, you need timely, useful information. Belgium country analysis market report fulfills this core need and is an indispensable reference guide for multinational materials suppliers, product manufacturers, investors, executives, distributors, and many more that operate in this market.

Some of the features of this report:

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•    Trend and forecast of real GDP growth rate of Belgium
•    Trend of savings and investments as well as consumption expenditure in  percentage of GDP of Belgium
•    Trend of consumption expenditure as percentage of GDP in Belgium
•    Trend of growth of population and unemployment rate in Belgium
•    R&D and technological factor of Belgium  2013
•    Business risk of Belgium
•    More than 31 figures/charts and 9 tables are provided in this roughly 65-page report

 

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary    

2. Country Overview
    
3. Belgium’s Economic Performance    
3.1: Sectoral contribution to GDP and GDP growth rate    
3.2: Consumption, saving, and investment trends    
3.3: Foreign direct investment (FDI) by industry    

4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Belgium    
4.1: Structure and stability of government    
4.2: Government policy agenda    
4.2.1: Policy agenda    
4.3: Risk in international relations    
4.4: Social risk analysis    
4.4.1: Social development index: risk analysis    
4.4.2: Labor market    

5. Economic Risk of Belgium    
5.1: Risk in financial sector    
5.1.1: Risk in fiscal balance    
5.1.2: Risk in current account balance    
5.1.3: Risk in balance of payment (BOP)    
5.2: Risk in external sector    
5.2.1: External debt and default risk    
5.2.2: International trade and its contribution to GDP    
5.2.3: Risk in foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate    
5.3: Risk in real sector    
5.4: Economic factors impact on business
    
6. Business Risk of Belgium    
6.1: Business risk    
6.2: Doing business in Belgium in 2013
6.3: Credit rating of countries    
6.4: R&D expenditure and technological risk    
6.5: Business risk factors and its impact    

7. Emerging Risk in Belgium    


List of Figures

Chapter 2. Country Snapshot / Overview
Figure 2.1: Geographical location of Belgium


Chapter 3. Belgium’s Economic Performance
Figure 3.1: Trend of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.2: Forecast of real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.3: GDP sectoral contribution
Figure 3.4: Share of different sectors to GDP
Figure 3.5: Quarterly trend of index of industrial production and GDP growth rate
Figure 3.6: Trend of consumption expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.7: Trend of savings and investments as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.8: Foreign direct investment by industry

Chapter 4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Belgium
Figure 4.1: Trend of population and population growth rate
Figure 4.2: Population age structure
Figure 4.3: Trend of per capita income
Figure 4.4: Trend of corruption perception index of Belgium
Figure 4.5: Trend of unemployment rate in Belgium

Chapter 5. Economic Risk of Belgium
Figure 5.1: Global financial stability scenario
Figure 5.2: Trend of government revenue and expenditure as percent of GDP
Figure 5.3: Trend of fiscal deficit as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.4: Trend of current account balance and share in GDP
Figure 5.5: Terms of trade for Belgium
Figure 5.6: Trend of balance of payment
Figure 5.7: Trend of debt as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.8: Trend of gross government debt position of Belgium
Figure 5.9: Mixed prospects of debts in Belgium
Figure 5.10: Belgium’s international trade structure
Figure 5.11: Exports and imports as percentage of GDP
Figure 5.12: Trend of foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
Figure 5.13: Annual trend of inflation and interest rate

Chapter 6. Business Risk of Belgium
Figure 6.1: Trend of R&D expenditure in Belgium

Chapter 7. Emerging Risk in Belgium
Figure 7.1: Belgium’s exports by Region
Figure 7.2: Trend of sovereign debt of Belgium
Figure 7.3: Trend of density of population


List of Tables

Chapter 2. Country Snapshot / Overview
Table 2.1: Demographic and political overview

Chapter 4. Political and Social Risk Analysis of Belgium
Table 4.1: Homicide rate of Belgium
Table 4.2: GINI Index of Belgium
Table 4.3: Corruption perception Index

Chapter 5. Economic Risk of Belgium
Table 5.1 Economic factors and its impact on business

Chapter 6. Business Risk of Belgium
Table 6.1: Indicators for starting business
Table 6.2: Ranking in 2013 for procedures of starting a business
Table 6.3: Credit rating of countries by Moody, Fitch, and S&P
Table 6.4: Business risk factors and its impact on business
 

Lucintel has been closely tracking and conducting research on and for the composites, since 1998. Lucintel has also forayed in economics and other verticals such as industry analysis and company profiles. This research project was designed for the purposes of determining the evaluation of political, social, economic, and business risk opportunities in Belgium. In order to ensure fairness with our analysis, we compared several factors to align the current performance and, more importantly, the future prospects.
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This study is a culmination of seven months of full-time effort by Lucintel's analyst team. Our analysts used the following sources for the creation and completion of this valuable report:

•    Regression analysis of GDP of Belgium’s economy and major industries
•    In-depth secondary research from financial statements and annual reports of the Belgium  national bank
•    Extensive search of current published literature, market, and database information including industry news, company press releases, and customer intentions
•    A compilation of the experiences, judgments, and insights of Lucintel's professional network, who have analyzed and tracked the composites marketplace for a decade

Lucintel collects a significant amount of uninterpreted data from a variety of sources and converts this into intelligent data as follows. The intelligent data is used by our clients for making confident business decisions.