Country and Political Risk

Author: Sam Wilkin
Publisher: Risk Books
ISBN: 9781904339311
Published In: December 2004
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Provides a fully comprehensive overview of the factors affecting global investment, including practical insights and research on assessing country risk, in-depth analysis of country risk cases and advice on how to manage a country risk portfolio.

By examining country and political risk from a banking and insurance perspective the book is a vital resource for portfolio and direct investors
As a foreign investor, you will be better armed with all the tools and techniques to effectively assess the risk of investing in a particular country
Leading practitioners, academics and economists discuss essential topics such as:
Best practice in country risk and Basel II
Theories of crises
Stress-testing
Measuring state stability and political risk
Country risk and the private sector
Country risk indicators and early warning systems
Currency inconvertibility
Pricing of political risk
You will benefit from the experience of authors from such world-leading organisations as: ABN Amro, Aon Political Risk, Duke University , Bank for International Settlements, Oxford Analytica, Fitch Ratings, the World Bank and many more
Provides insight and advice on the ratings available from various organisations that offer country-rating services
Addresses key issues surrounding some of the most volatile world markets and provides in-depth analysis through a range of revealing interviews and case studies of the crucial markets from around the globe
Offers practical advice to help you formulate effective internal strategies for country risk management, including an analysis of the available methodologies and systems for assessing country risk, such as econometric systems and qualitative approaches
Also covers: stress testing, measuring state stability and political risk, pricing a political risk portfolio, forecasting currency crises, emerging markets, capital market products, international lending, regulatory issues and Basel II, country risk rating and much more
An indispensable resource not only to financial institutions but to all businesses that operate on a global level

Introduction

Sam Wilkin

Section 1. Assessing Country Risk

1, Currency and Banking Crises: a Review of the Theories

Stijn Claessens

World Bank

2, Currency and Debt Crises: a Review of the Early Warning Systems

Alessio Ciarlone and Giorgio Trebeschi

Banca d’Italia

3, New Developments in Country Risk: the New Anatomy of Crises, Rising Public Debt Burdens, and Basel II

Khalid Sheikh and Peter Heijmans

ABN Amro

4, Assessing State Stability and Political Risk in Emerging Markets

Preston Keat and Alexander Motyl

Eurasia Group

5, Country Risk Components, the Cost of Capital, and Returns in Emerging Markets

Campbell Harvey

Duke University

6, The Private Sector Component of Country Risk

Carl Adams

eStandards Forum

7, Four Experts Discuss the Science and Art of Country Analysis

Sam Wilkin

Countryrisk.com

Section 2. Country Risk Cases

8, Building a Stress-Test Scenario for Country Risk: the Case of Turkey

Luigi Ruggerone

Banca Intesa

9, Domestic and External Political Factors and Country Risk: the Case of China

Therese Feng

Fitch Ratings

10, Structural Weaknesses and Country Risk: the Case of Brazil

Christian Stracke

CreditSights

11, Assessing Operational Risk: the Case of Russia

Guy Dunn

World Markets Research Centre

Section 3. Managing a country risk portfolio

12, Best Practices in Country Risk Management

Michael Bates

Oxford Analytica

13, Why Firms Fail to Manage Political Risk: Explaining and Correcting Organisational Failures

Michel Leonard

Aon Trade Credit

14, Pricing Political Risk within an Economic Capital Framework

Jotaro Hamada, Henning Haugerudbraaten; Andrew Hickman, Ilya Khaykin

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; Erisk

15, Managing Currency Inconvertibility and Exchange Transfer Risk: Identification, Assessment and Risk Transfer Issues

Martin Stone

Aon Political Risk

16, The Expanding Market for Sovereign Credit Default Swaps

Frank Packer; Chamaree Suthiphongchai

Bank for International Settlements; Bank of Thailand

Index

Sam Wilkin is Editor-in-Chief of Countryrisk.com, an online magazine dedicated to country and political risk analysis. He previously served as country risk advisor and head of US political risk consulting for Aon Trade Credit, a division of the Fortune 500 insurance brokerage Aon Corporation. Prior to joining Aon, he worked as Director of Country Analysis for Marvin Zonis & Associates, a political risk consultancy. Sam studied economics at Eckerd College and Waseda University in Tokyo. He received his MA in international relations from the University of Chicago. He is co-author of The Kimchi Matters (Agate, 2003), has authored numerous articles on political risk and is the 2004 alumni fellow for Eckerd College. Sam lives in Chicago.

“...country risk analysis is too important to be practiced in isolation. Institutions and corporations must bring their learning and experience on best practices out into the open, and this publication is a worthy step in the right direction.“

Michael Bates, Oxford Analytica