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World Bank credit default data aims to fuel emerging market private investment

Never-before published credit risk data shows untapped potential and resilience in emerging markets, says World Bank
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World Bank credit default data aims to fuel emerging market private investmentImage: Med Lemine Rajel/AFP via Getty Images

For the first time ever, the World Bank has made public credit risk statistics spanning more than three decades of lending to help drive more private sector investment in emerging and developing economies.

The newly released statistics published by two organisations within the World Bank Group include default rates for private sector borrowers categorised by credit ratings, as well as default and recovery rates for sovereign borrowers.

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