Region:
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
To see how various financial, economic and political factors
vary in importance when assigning credit scores to different regions of the world, explore the table
below. Select each of the regions below to see how the factors rise and fall in importance.
|
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
| Asia-Pacific/Far East | Asia-Pacific/South & East |
| Eastern Europe/Central Asia | Latin America/Caribbean | Middle East/North Africa |
| North America | Western Europe |
| Indicators |
Sept.
2007 |
Mar.
2007 |
| Debt Profile (foreign exchange reserves, debt-service ratio, absolute level of debt) |
7.6 |
7.8 |
| Governance (regulatory regime, rule of law, corrup- tion, transparency) |
7 |
6 |
| National Security (external threats, internal strife, terrorism) |
6.1 |
5.8 |
| Balance of Payments/ Current Account |
6 |
6 |
| Political System |
5.9 |
5.8 |
| Relationship with Multilaterals |
5.2 |
5.1 |
| Government Fiscal Policy |
5.1 |
4.7 |
| Export Profile (growth, diversity) |
4.1 |
4.9 |
| GDP Growth |
4.1 |
4.6 |
| Banking/Financial Stability |
3.8 |
4.2 |
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