Using historical data on sovereign and individual borrowers, the authors assess the potential impact on non-high-income countries of linking capital asset requirements for banks to private sector ratings, as the Basel committee has proposed. They show that linking bank's capital asset...

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Cover -- Title -- Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regulatory and Supervisory Authority -- 3 Loan Classification -- 4 Classification of Multiple Loans -- 5 Guarantees and Collateral -- 6 Loan Reviews by Banks -- 7 Classification of...

This report reviews loan classification and provisioning practices in a broad sample of countries that differ in size, location and level of financial development. The survey conducted for the report compares the regulatory approaches adopted by industrial and emerging economies, and is intended...

What is the relative contribution of sovereign risks and firm-level credit risks in a firm's rating assignment? Or, stated otherwise, what is the information content of these components in a firm's rating? This paper intends to examine this issue, which has not been adequately addressed so...