EIU: COUNTRY ANALYSIS [627]

	627
EIU: Country Analysis

Last Loaded on Web: Wednesday, August 23, 2000

Last Update To Bluesheet: March 2, 1998

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File Description	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Subject Coverage	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Report Options
Tips	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Predefined Format Options
Dialog File Data	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort	Rates

File Description [top]

EIU: Country Analysis contains the complete text of a variety of EIU reports that provide useful background for operating in 180 countries. EIU: Country Analysis includes the following popular EIU publications: Business Reports; China Hand; Country Profiles; Country Reports; European Policy Analyst; Financing Foreign Operations; Investing, Licensing and Trading Conditions Abroad; World Outlook; World Trade Report; and Worldwide Regulatory Update. The reports are regularly updated so that you are assured the latest business intelligence.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 627

to find information on the economic, political, or regulatory climate in a country; to find forecast data and indicators of economic conditions for individual countries.

USE SF=TABLE

to find records with tabular data.

S IMPORTS/TI AND SF=TABLE

EXPAND MT=

to see a title list of all reports.

USE REPORT TITLES

to gather together all the records of an individual report.

SELECT CN=INDIA AND JN=COUNTRY REPORT REPORT S1/TITLES

Subject Coverage [top]

Banking and financial markets
Business regulations
Distribution, sales and marketing
Economic conditions and latest indicators
Human resources
Industry reviews
Infrastructure
Investment trends
Market outlook
Political structure and developments
Tax rules
Trade conditions

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	1989 to the present
File Size:	350,000 records as of February 1998
Update Frequency:	Weekly

Database Content [top]

Complete Text Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Reports

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available (REDIST only)
Classroom Instruction Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
CURRENT Feature Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
BUSECON	Business Economics
COUNTRIE	Country Report
EIU	Economist Intelligence Unit Files
GOVT	Government
JAPANNEW	Japanese Business News
MULTIIND	General Industry Information

Contact [top]

EIU: Country Analysis is provided by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

The Economist Intelligence Unit
The Economist Building
111 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019-2211

Telephone:	212-554-0600
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Terms and Conditions [top]

While every effort is made to assure accuracy and reliability of the material contained herein, the Economist Intelligence Unit r cannot be held responsible for damages of any kind in connection with the use of this product.

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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 627:EIU:Country Analysis`
	`(c) 1996 Economist Intelligence Unit. All rts. reserv.`

	`2403927`
/TI	`Economic policy: Privatisation programme struggles at the start--`
CN=	`COUNTRY: Venezuela`
JN=,PD=, PY=	`JOURNAL: Country Report - August 31, 1996`
	`WORD COUNT: 363`

	`TEXT:`
/LP, /TX	`The first sales under the privatisation programme have run into`
	`problems.Allegations of irregularities in the selling procedure`
	`forced the StateDeposit Guarantee Fund, Fogade, to postpone`
	`"indefinitely" the sale of Banco de Venezuela, the country's second`
	`largest bank in terms of deposits,which had been scheduled for`
	`August 28. (The bank was taken over by thegovernment during the`
	`1994 banking crisis.) Meanwhile, the sale of thealuminium company,`
	`Venalum, has been held up because its Japanese shareholders, who own`
	`20% equity, have not agreed to yield their vetorights over the`
	`sale. Also, just two days before its scheduled divestmenton August`
	`29, the sale of Alucasa, a subsidiary of another state`
	`-ownedaluminium company, Alcasa, was delayed indefinitely to give`
	`investors moretime to assess the company.`

/TX	`The sale of the defunct airline, Linea Aeropostal Venezolana`
	`(LAV),originally scheduled for early August, was stalled until the`
	`governmentlowered its original asking price of $32m. The airline`
	`was eventually soldon August 30 for around $20m to Alas, a`
	`consortium of domestic, US and UKinvestors. The new owners plan to`
	`have several domestic routes in operationby the end of the year.`

	`--but some big ticket items are scheduled`

	`Nevertheless, the government hopes to get a number of corporate`
	`holdingsoff its books within the next six months. The state-owned`
	`CorporacionVenezolana de Guayana (CVG) intends to put up its three`
	`other aluminiumcompanies for bids late this year and its steel`
	`subsidiary, Sidor, andferrosilicon producer, Ferrosilven, in early`
	`1997. The government plans tofloat its 49% stake in the state`
	`telecommunications company, CANTV, inNovember. It has agreed to`
	`repay the Bs21bn ($44m) it owes CANTV--aprerequisite for the sale.`
	`The sale was originally due earlier in the year,but the government`
	`held back amid fears that it would not obtain theprojected $1.6bn`
	`selling price until it had reached agreement with the IMF.`

	`On a much smaller scale, Electricidad de Margarita, the Margarita`
	`Islandselectricity system, is earmarked for privatisation in early`
	`1997, and bidshave been accepted for two hotels, Hotel Bella Vista`
	`in Margarita and HotelMelia Caracas.`

	`(c) 1996 The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited`

SAMPLE REPORT TITLES [top]


	`?s cn=thailand and country(w)report?/mt and py=1997:1998`
	`4312 CN=THAILAND`
	`185064 COUNTRY/MT`
	`165285 REPORT?/MT`
	`135763 COUNTRY/MT(W)REPORT?/MT`
	`63889 PY=1997`
	`S1 199 CN=THAILAND AND COUNTRY(W)REPORT?/MT AND PY=1997`
	`?report s1/titles`
	`S2 199 Sort 1/ALL/PD,D MT,A FROM 627`
	`DIALOG(R) ONLINE TABLE OF CONTENTS`
	`LIST OF REPORT TITLES`

	`ITEM NUMBER, MAIN TITLE`
	`------------------------------------------------------`
	`1 Thailand-Country Reports 971128`
	`F627: EIU: Country Analysis`
	`November 1997/47 records`

	`2 Thailand-Country Reports 970908`
	`F627: EIU: Country Analysis`
	`September 1997/57 records`

	`3 Thailand-Country Reports 970421`
	`F627: EIU: Country Analysis`
	`April 1997/48 records`

	`4 Thailand-Country Reports 970303`
	`F627: EIU: Country Analysis`
	`March 1997/47 records`

	`Enter one item number, P for next page, or EXIT to leave TITLES:`
	`?exit`
	`Leaving Report/TITLES...`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S GUAYANA
/CN	CN	Country Name¹	Word	S VENEZUELA/CN
/LP	LP	Lead Paragraph	Word	S PRIVATISATION(W)PROGRAMME/LP
/MT	MT	Main Title¹	Word	S COUNTRY(W)REPORT?/MT
/TI	TI	Headline/Section Title	Word	S ECONOMIC(W)POLICY/TI
/TX	TX	Text	Word	S STATE(W)OWNED/TX

¹Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	AZ	DIALOG Accession Number
CN=	CN	Country Name¹	Phrase	S CN=VENEZUELA
JN=	JN	Journal Name	Phrase	S JN=COUNTRY REPORT?
MT=	MT	Main Title¹	Phrase	S MT=VENEZUELA-COUNTRY REPORT?
PD=	PD	Publication Date	Phrase	S PD=960831
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1996
SF=	SF	Special Feature	Phrase	S SF=TABLE
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9609W1
None	WD	Word Count

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
Sets and terms may be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /CN, /CO, /LP, /TI, /TX (e.g., S S5/CO), as well as by the following features:
/	DIALOG Accession Number	S S2/00100111-99999999
/ENG	English-Language Records	S S3/ENG
/YYYY	Publication Year	S S2/1995:1996

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
CN, JN, MT, PD, PY, TI	SORT SORT S5/ALL/PY,D

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK AU S3

REPORT TITLES [top]


All records comprising a report can be grouped together with the REPORT TITLES command.	REPORT S2/TITLES

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/CN,TX/1-5

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	--	Full Record except Text
3	Medium	Bibliographic Citation, Country Name, and Word Count
4	--	Bibliographic Citation and Text
5	Long	Full Record except Text (includes Lead Paragraph)
6	Short	Title, Country Name, and Word Count
7	--	Bibliographic Citation and Text
8	Free	Title, Country Name, Company Name(s), and Word Count
9	Full	Full Record
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number	TYPE 2000016/5 DISPLAY 1500015/TI,CN PRINT 1000200/5

Rates [top]

Rates For File: EIU: Country Analysis[627]

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