High yield bond defaults in 2003 declined significantly from record 2002 levels closing the year at $38.5 billion for a default rate of 4.66%. The fourth quarter s rate of 0.36% was the lowest quarterly rate since the fourth quarter of 1997. The default loss rate for 2003 also declined to just...

As the data in this new edition of the Innocenti Report Card series show, in the past five years, rising numbers of children and their families have experienced difficulty in satisfying their most basic material and educational needs. Most importantly, the Great Recession is about to trap a...

Come dimostrano i dati riportati in questa nuova edizione della Innocenti Report Card, negli ultimi cinque anni è aumentato il numero di bambini e di famiglie che incontrano difficoltà a soddisfare le più fondamentali esigenze materiali ed educative. Cosa ancor più importante, la Grande...

Los datos que se exponen en esta nueva edición de la serie Report Card de Innocenti demuestran que, en los últimos cinco años, un número creciente de niños y familias han tenido dificultades para satisfacer sus necesidades materiales y educativas más fundamentales. Lo que es más...

Comme le montrent les données de ce nouveau numéro de la série des Bilans Innocenti, de plus en plus d’enfants et de familles ont eu des difficultés à répondre à leurs besoins matériels et éducatifs les plus essentiels ces cinq dernières années. Plus inquiétant encore, la Grande...

Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Integración y Comercio del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VI Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 5 y 6 de octubre de 2005. El estudio es relevante en el tiempo de negociaciones de la Ronda de Doha para evitar el apoyo a las...

Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Integración y Comercio del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VI Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 5 y 6 de octubre de 2005. El estudio es relevante en el tiempo de negociaciones de la Ronda de Doha para evitar el apoyo a las...

Fifty years ago, I published the initial, classic version of the Z-score bankruptcy prediction models. This multivariate statistical model has remained perhaps the most well-known, and more importantly, most used technique for providing an early warning signal of firm financial distress by...

Fifty years ago, I published the initial, classic version of the Z-score bankruptcy prediction models. This multivariate statistical model has remained perhaps the most well-known, and more importantly, most used technique for providing an early warning signal of firm financial distress by...

In 2010, the world’s focus on the global financial crisis shiftedfrom financial markets and institutions to sovereign debt, especially inEurope. This has motivated a re-examination of techniques andtraditional indicators to assess the health of individual countries.Since the potential...