{
  "pack": "sovereign_ratings_debt",
  "title": "Sovereign ratings & debt distress SEA",
  "as_of": "2026-09-21",
  "timezone": "Europe/London",
  "linear_issue": "MED2-70",
  "coverage_iso3": [
    "BRN",
    "KHM",
    "IDN",
    "LAO",
    "MYS",
    "MMR",
    "PHL",
    "SGP",
    "THA",
    "VNM",
    "TLS"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "sp_moodys_fitch_lt_fc",
      "name": "S&P / Moody's / Fitch LT FC sovereign ratings",
      "used_for": [
        "sp_lt_fc_rating",
        "moodys_lt_fc_rating",
        "fitch_lt_fc_rating"
      ],
      "notes": "Prefer agency press + MOF/CB republication. Aggregator TheGlobalEconomy used only as secondary with GAP primary noted."
    },
    {
      "id": "imf_wb_lic_dsf",
      "name": "IMF\u2013World Bank LIC-DSF risk ratings",
      "url": "https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/debt-toolkit/dsa",
      "used_for": [
        "lic_dsf_overall_risk"
      ],
      "notes": "KH Low 2025; LA In debt distress 2026; TL Moderate 2025; MM Low STALE 2021. MAC AMS = N/A."
    },
    {
      "id": "fiscal_debt_join",
      "name": "IMF WEO public debt % GDP via topics/fiscal_debt",
      "used_for": [
        "public_debt_pct_gdp"
      ],
      "notes": "Companion cite \u2014 do not reinvent."
    },
    {
      "id": "external_balance_join",
      "name": "WDI DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS via topics/external_balance + fresh WDI pull",
      "used_for": [
        "external_debt_stocks_pct_gni",
        "timeseries"
      ],
      "lastupdated": "2026-07-13",
      "pull_date": "2026-09-21"
    }
  ],
  "rules": [
    "No invented ratings or DSF categories",
    "Empty cells stay empty (documented in gaps.md)",
    "Dual panels: ratings vs DSF/debt \u2014 never fuse into one score",
    "Letter grades stored as strings + optional ordinal for sort only",
    "British English in docs"
  ],
  "files": [
    "scoreboard.csv",
    "scoreboard_wide.csv",
    "timeseries.csv",
    "gaps.md",
    "README.md",
    "provenance.json"
  ]
}