In this interview excerpt, Philippe Maystadt, Belgian Finance Minister from 1988 to 1995 and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and External Trade from 1995 to 1998, looks back at the circumstances surrounding the creation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), set up to support new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe in their transition to a market economy.
In this interview excerpt, Philippe Maystadt, Belgian Finance Minister from 1988 to 1995, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and External Trade from 1995 to 1998 and President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2000 to 2011, describes the possibilities for interaction between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank.
In this interview excerpt, Philippe Maystadt, Belgian Finance Minister from 1988 to 1995, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and External Trade from 1995 to 1998 and President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2000 to 2011, emphasises the success of Poland’s transition to a market economy.