Myanmar ranked No.1 by EIU Risk Rep

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The Economist 
September 30, 2000 , U.S. Edition 


RISKY ECONOMIES  On average, emerging markets have become less risky places
to invest in over
the past year, according to the latest annual Country Risk Report published
by the Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister organisation of The Economist. The report
assesses the riskiness of 93
emerging economies by various criteria including political stability,
current-account stability, debt
structure and regulatory policy. Overall risk ratings have deteriorated for
only 16 countries this year.

According to the EIU, Myanmar is the riskiest economy of those assessed,
with a score of 85 out of a
possible 100. Zimbabwe is not far behind, but Nigeria, representing West
Africa, ranks only a shade
worse than Brazil. Of the emerging economies regularly tracked by The
Economist, Russia is the
riskiest. It scores 63, a considerable improvement from last year's score
of 78. Singapore is the least
risky economy. It scores 12, slightly better than last year's score of 16. 

[for some reason I didn't spot this back in September -- DA]