GEMs Consortium Releases New Statistics on Emerging Market Credit Risk
What happened
The Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium released new statistics on October 7, 2026, covering over three decades of lending activity. These statistics detail private, public, and sovereign lending from 1994 to 2025, providing granular evidence for assessing credit risk in emerging markets and developing economies.
From eib.org
Why it matters
The publications offer updated information on borrower default rates and lender recoveries, broken down by region, sector, and financing structure. This intelligence can help investors, credit rating agencies, and policymakers better assess risk in emerging markets and developing economies.
From eib.org
Who's involved
- European Investment BankCo-chairs the GEMs Consortium.
- International Finance CorporationCo-chairs the GEMs Consortium.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- European CommissionSpeculative
Might improve its regulatory and policy oversight of lending in emerging markets and developing economies due to the granular credit risk intelligence provided by the GEMs statistics.
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The entities involved
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European Investment Bank
body of the European Union providing funding for projects fostering EU aims, both within and outside the EU
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International Finance Corporation
World Bank Group member financial institution
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