One of the few books on the subject, Country Risk Assessment combines the theoretical and practical tools for managing international country risk exposure. – Offers a comprehensive discussion of the specific mechanisms that apply to country risk assessment. – Discusses various techniques associated with global investment strategy. – Presents and analyses the various sources of country risk. – Provides an in depth coverage of information sources and country risk service providers. – Gives techniques for forecasting country financial crises. – Includes practical examples and case studies. – Provides a comprehensive review of all existing methods including the techniques on the cutting-edge Market Based Approaches such as KMV, CreditMetrics, CountryMetrics and CreditRisk+.