Economic Governance Improvements and Sovereign Financing Costs in Developing Countries (English)

Low- and middle-income country governments are increasingly tapping the global debt capital markets. This is increasing the amount of finance available for development, but at a considerably higher cost than traditional external borrowing on concessional terms. Using a novel methodology based on estimating sovereign credit ratings using the Moody’s scorecard, and examining the associations between these ratings and the World Bank’s Country Policy...

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Abate,Girum Dagnachew;

Brown,Michael Andrew;

Sienaert,Alex;

Sienaert,Alexis;

Thomas,Mark Roland;
Document Date
2021/05/05
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9649
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2021/05/05
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Disclosed
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Economic Governance Improvements and Sovereign Financing Costs in Developing Countries
Keywords
access to international capital markets

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Abate,Girum Dagnachew; Brown,Michael Andrew; Sienaert,Alex; Sienaert,Alexis; Thomas,Mark Roland.

Economic Governance Improvements and Sovereign Financing Costs in Developing Countries (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9649 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/565681620234717531

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