Econsignal Frontier Intel

{
  "data_quality_note": "Bangladesh statistics have improved significantly since 2015 NSDS reforms. GDP figures broadly reliable; poverty data lags 2-3 years.",
  "development_finance_context": {
    "adb_active_portfolio_usd_bn": 8.1,
    "imf_program": "ECF/EFF $4.7B (2023-2026) — 5th review completed",
    "world_bank_active_portfolio_usd_bn": 14.8
  },
  "growth_drivers": [
    "Garment/RMG sector — $47B exports, 80% female workforce",
    "Remittances $21B — 5% of GDP",
    "Rising domestic consumption",
    "Special Economic Zones attracting Sino-foreign manufacturing"
  ],
  "investment_entry_points": [
    "Export-oriented manufacturing (post-China+1)",
    "MFI/fintech (unbanked population)",
    "Climate adaptation infrastructure (Dutch/Japanese ODA co-investment opportunities)"
  ],
  "macro_snapshot": {
    "fdi_inflows_usd_bn": 3.2,
    "gdp_growth_2024_pct": 5.7,
    "gdp_per_capita_usd": 2660,
    "gdp_usd_bn": 460,
    "population_m": 173,
    "poverty_pct": 18.7
  },
  "query_summary": {
    "country": "Bangladesh",
    "iso2": "BD",
    "iso3": "BGD",
    "lens": "investment"
  },
  "risk_rating": {
    "currency": "Moderate",
    "economic": "Moderate",
    "overall": "Moderate-High",
    "political": "High"
  },
  "structural_challenges": [
    "Climate vulnerability — 17% of land at risk from 1m sea level rise",
    "Political instability post-2024 Hasina ouster",
    "Infrastructure gaps (power, ports, roads)",
    "Banking sector NPLs ~20%"
  ]
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/frontier-intel?country=Ethiopia&lang=en&lens=all'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/frontier-intel?country=Ethiopia&lang=en&lens=all' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.15 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.15" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.15 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Feconsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com%2Fapi%2Feconsignal%2Ffrontier-intel
const res = await pay("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/frontier-intel?country=Ethiopia&lang=en&lens=all");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.15 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.15"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/frontier-intel?country=Ethiopia&lang=en&lens=all")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)