What's new in PRI

• Emerging Markets Remain Robust

  Developing countries have emerged relatively unscathed from the present economic turmoil, said the 2008 Global Development Finance report, published by the World Bank. Private capital flows to emerging markets reached over US$1 trillion last year, while FDI flows were nearly US$500 billion. 



• Chubb's 2008 Multinational Risk Survey

  SMEs are more likely to experience a loss to corporate assets outside North America than larger companies, according to findings of the latest Multinational Risk Survey by Chubb. Top threats have shifted from terrorism, natural catastrophes and political instability to economic and commercial risks.



• Berne Union: Sydney Meetings and New Site Launch

  Berne Union, the association for export credit and investment insurance, recently released its enhanced corporate Website. The launch comes as members prepare for next week's Spring committee meetings held in Sydney, Australia from April 7-10 and hosted by EFIC.



• Coface: BusinessEnvironment@rating

  At its annual country risk conference in early 2008, Coface unveiled BusinessEnvironment@rating, a system for rating business environment quality for 155 countries. This new rating system is complementary to Country@ratings, Coface's existing rating system



• World Economic Forum: Global Risks 2008

  The newly released Global Risks 2008, published by the World Economic Forum, investigates a variety of political and economic risks that threaten to disrupt the world economy and presents a collective assessment of global risks for 2008.