BMI Sovereign Ratings

It is testament to the resilience of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to the current global macroeconomic turmoil that we do not begin this assessment, as our colleagues... 2008-08-01

While we believe that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)'s growth outlook as a whole will remain generally positive over the course of 2008, global economic conditions have deteriorated noticeably... 2008-04-18

BMI View: We are impressed by the Middle East region's resilience in the face of adverse global economic conditions, with still strong growth, balance of payments and debt positions... 2008-01-11

The year 2007 proved to be a milestone for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)'s external debt outlook, as following decades of debt crises and HIPC initiatives, some sovereigns tabbed international... 2007-12-13

Middle Eastern and African sovereigns are still enjoying a strongly supportive external environment, but micro challenges are beginning to build. Fundamental global economic strength... 2007-06-14

EM correction? What EM correction? Investors in Middle Eastern and African (MEA) credits can be forgiven for downplaying the February global correction that dented developed and developing... 2007-03-30

A common theme of the rated Middle East and Africa (MEA) sovereigns is that nearly all of the Ability to Pay scores have improved, and some quite substantially. Across North Africa,... 2007-01-05