European Development Bank

EU leaders to discuss top jobs, policies goals at Brussels meeting

The leaders are to discuss who should be the next presidents of the European Commission and European Council, and the foreign policy chief, but their minds seem already made up

Case for ECB rate cut getting stronger, says chief economist Lane

The ECB has all but promised a rate cut on June 6, provided incoming data strengthen policymakers' belief that inflation will head back to its 2% target

Case for ECB rate cut getting stronger, says chief economist Lane

The ECB has all but promised a rate cut on June 6, provided incoming data strengthen policymakers' belief that inflation will head back to its 2% target

European development bank chief takes reform agenda to G20 talks in India

The President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), of which India is a shareholder, will arrive in India on Sunday for a G20 finance summit with the reform agenda for multilateral development banks (MDBs) high on the list of priorities. Odile Renaud-Basso, the first woman head of an MDB as EBRD president, will begin her four-day visit in Gandhinagar for the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors gathering. From Gujarat, she is scheduled for a high-level roundtable with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi to discuss opportunities for the Indian private sector in EBRD countries of operations in Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Turkey and Eastern Europe. The key discussion which is relevant for us is everything related to the MDB reform agenda, which is very prominent in the G20 discussion now, said Renaud-Basso during a pre-visit interview. India has a very important role to play as the president of the G20 at a t

Cabinet nod to India's membership of European Development Bank

The membership would help India leverage the technical assistance and sectoral knowledge of the bank for the benefit of the development of private sector