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title: Returns to Private Debt in Emerging and Developing Economies
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/wbk-wbrwps-11479/
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updated: 2026-10-23
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11479
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11479
featured: 2026-10-23
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Returns to Private Debt in Emerging and Developing Economies

Analysis of 4,109 loans totaling $115 billion reveals that post-crisis private debt in emerging economies outperforms both emerging-market bonds and Treasuries with public market equivalents above 1.02.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11479
- Identifier: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11479
- Released: 2026-10-19
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 136 (2026-10-23): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-23/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation
- Authors: Cole, Shawn, Meh, Cesaire Assah, Mashwama, Fanele, Moelders, Florian

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