Also standing in sharp contrast to the smooth political transition process is the performance of Ghana's economy.

CNN: Can Ghana's economy prosper against the odds?

Following a sharp decline in educational opportunities, standards and literacy rates during the transition, the Mongolian government has, with support from international organizations such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), implemented major policies to restructure and rehabilitate the education system.

UNESCO: Literacy Through Distance Learning

While the plunge was more abrupt with Patriot, comparable coal credits have also seen sharp declines amid historically low natural gas prices and a regulatory environment that is pushing a coal-to-gas transition.

FORBES: Coal credits pressured by regulatory issues, coal-to-gas transitions