Developing the governance of credit ratings
Research and institutional engagement at the intersection of sovereign creditworthiness, credit rating agency governance, and development finance.
Aston University | UN University Centre for Policy Research
Inside the Assessment Process
How judgement enters formally rule-based rating systems, from committee formation to post-announcement interpretation.
Credit Rating Agency Engagement
How sovereign borrowers prepare for, respond to, and shape their interactions with credit rating agencies.
Multilateral Settings
How credit ratings affect programme design, fiscal space interpretation, and institutional coordination across development finance.
Recent Work
UN University Center for Policy Research
Credit rating governance and sovereign debt sustainability
UNDP Credit Ratings Initiative
Development of a sovereign-facing rating engagement platform
Fulbright Scholarship
Designing sovereign debt architecture
Edward Elgar Publishing
In-depth Analysis of the Credit Rating Committee
Selected Engagements
UN System
United Nations University Center for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UN Financing for Development Process
Public Sector and Policy
Government Debt Management Offices and Finance Ministries
African Peer Review Mechanism Engagement - African Union
Central Bank, Development Bank, and Sovereign Advisory Workshops