Line 2 · Sovereign risk

Reading the risk
of the eight Union states.

The regional bond market is dominated by government securities. We track their public finances, debt and issuance calendars to inform your decisions.

This is independent research, not a credit rating in the regulatory sense: Mainstreet Advisors is not a licensed credit rating agency.

Coverage.

  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Senegal
  • Togo

What you receive.

01

Fiscal dashboard

Balance, debt, debt service to revenue, financing needs and fiscal stance, state by state.

02

Country notes

A half-yearly analysis per state: sustainability, procyclicality, vulnerabilities and scenarios.

03

Issuance alerts

A reading of auctioned and publicly offered issues as the calendar unfolds.

Expertise

Research grounded
in fiscal policy.

This line builds on the founder’s doctoral work on sovereign wealth funds, institutional design and fiscal policy.

Two formats.

Assignment

From FCFA 8m, excl. VAT

For development lenders, DFIs and treasuries.

  • Sustainability analysis
  • Debt strategy review
  • Written and oral presentation
Describe the assignment