RQ Country Risk Ratings

1. Institutional Investor magazine. Annual Special Supplement. Country Credit Ratings. on Business Source Premier database. Search on (SUBJECT) country credit.
OR Institutional Investor Updated monthly. 177 countries. Search on:
country credit rankings

2. Lexis Nexis Academic database. The PRS Group/International Country Risk Guide. Select SOURCES-- > Type: prs in FIND A SOURCE box. --> Select The PRS Group International Country Risk Guide --> Then type a country name in the search box.

3. EIU Sovereign Ratings. 120 Countries.
http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=sovereign_ratings/

4. WRDS. Select S&P Credit Ratings. --> Select dates - 1920 - current. --> Select Entity Ratings (in left frame). --> Select Code Lookup. --> Type Japan, e.g
--> Select Japan’s Entity ID, copy, then paste in Company Codes Box.
--> In Variables, check off Entity Sector, Entity Sub-Sector, Credit Rating and Rating Group.
--> Now check off any variables in Short-Term ratings and/or Long-Term Ratings.
Submit Request.


5. ISI Emerging Markets database.
Select a country --> Select Sources --> Select Fitch Ratings

6. World Bank -- Shadow Sovereign Ratings for unrated developing countries.
worldbank.org. In Search box, type: shadow sovereign rating

7. BVD BankScope database includes Fitch Country Ratings and S&P Sovereign Ratings in the reports for 36,633 global banks.


Others
Business Monitor Online.
World Development Rpt - WorldBank.org/
EIU Country Report in Business Source Premier.
Riskwire in Factiva.
IPA. ipanet.net/
http://viewswire.eiu.com/ Economist Risk Briefings for 150 countries.