Verifying Country-specific Data in the Site Selection Process

Here's an interesting post by Kirk Laughlin at Nearshore Americas.  Mr. Laughlin discusses the need to verify data obtained about various countries as part of a site selection process.  Many times the data is provided by economic development authorities in that country who have a vested interest in getting companies to locate to their country.  This conflict of interest can lead to some rather interesting data.

The moral of the story is to always keep a skeptical eye on any data used to justify the selection of a specific country or city and to use multiple sources of data whenever possible to identify any significant anomolies in the data.