@article{3956982, note = {Includes bibliographical references (p. 17).}, author = {Griffith-Jones, Stephany and Kraemer, Moritz}, url = {http://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3956982}, title = {Credit rating agencies and developing economies}, publisher = {UN, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,}, abstract = {The pandemic-induced global economic crisis has contributed to the re-emergence of sovereign default risk, especially for emerging and developing economies, and has directed attention to the impact of the institutions that are tasked with attempting to predict defaults: the international credit rating agencies. This paper describes four main challenges posed by credit rating agencies, especially from a developing and emerging economies perspective: potential bias in ratings, pro-cyclicality of ratings, governance issues and conflicts of interest, and incorporation of climate risk. It concludes with potential policy solutions addressed at ratings agencies, regulators, and policy makers.}, recid = {3956982}, pages = {17 p. :}, address = {[New York] :. 2021-12}, year = {2021}, month = {Dec}, }