| Author | You, Hong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IE-90-31 |
| Subject(s) | Risk assessment
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| Note |
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Country risk analysis is one of the most important analytical tools used b y private lending institutions and investors in
determining the credit two thinness of a p articular country.
A Analytic Hierarchy Process model is used to determine the risk
level for particular country from a set of selected countries.
Independent. political, economic and social factors are taken in o
consideration in this model.
Results of this study indicate that economic risk and political risk are the most important factors in determining country
risk l eve l compared with social risk factor. Economic risk consists of seven indicators such as debt service to exports, external debt to GDP , balance of payments , growth of per capita GDP,
infrastructure, inflation rate and growth of exports. Among these
indicators , debt service t o export s and growth of exports are
more important compared with the others. The overall country risk
ranking for seven countries selected in this study is: Philippines , China, India, Malaysia , Thai land, South Korea, and Singapore. Philippines has the highest risk which came from both
economic and political factors. Singapore is the least risk
since its economy is developed and it enjoys political stability. |
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tang, John C.S.
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| Examination Committee(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T. ;Vrat, Prem
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Government of Belgium |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |