Correction

In the September issue of Euromoney incorrect total country risk scores were given for Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Jordan, Bolivia, and Zambia. The respective subtotals for these countries are correct.

In the September issue of Euromoney incorrect total country risk scores were given for Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Jordan, Bolivia, and Zambia. The respective subtotals for these countries are correct.

For the Democratic Republic of the Congo an incorrect score was indicated for the category “Debt in default or rescheduled”. Overall rankings for all countries in the table are unchanged and still valid. Below are the corrected scores for these seven countries.

Country risk rankings
Rank Sep 2001 Rank Mar 2001 Country Total score Political Risk Economic Performance Debt Indicators Debt in default or rescheduled Credit Ratings Access to bank finance Access to short-term finance Access to capital markets Discount on forfaiting
      100 25 25 10 10 10 5 5 5 5
68 64 Brazil 48.67 11.05 8.36 7.73 10 1.88 0.77 2.6 3.5 2.78
69 70 Colombia 48.37 10.55 6.83 8.88 9.98 3.33 0.24 3 3.25 2.31
70 73 Peru 47.89 12.02 6.28 8.84 10 1.88 0.59 2 3.75 2.54
71 72 Jordan 46.46 11.17 6.35 8.85 9.97 2.19 0 2.5 2.13 3.3
87 81 Bolivia 39.27 7.39 5.17 8.72 9.96 1.88 0.34 1.8 1.83 2.18
140 147 Zambia 26.47 5.34 3.14 7.47 9.95 0 0.36 0.2 0 0
182 182 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 6.48 1.68 0.79 3.8 0 0 0 0.2 0 0