"Country funds" are the best instruments for separating country risk from company risk. There are two reasons for this: (a) investors can choose the most attractive and best-performing enterprises of the countries of the region, and, (b) "country funds" pool risks associated with individual companies, [ie] the good performance (high yield) of certain companies in a fund's basket may compensate for any failure of others. These funds may sometimes be floated on international financial centres but there may also be locally traded ones at the disposal of extra-regional investors who have little experience in intra-regional individual enterprises.