ЕВРАЗИЙСКИЙ БАНК РАЗВИТИЯ. ОСНОВНЫЕ НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ ФИНАНСОВОЙ И ЭКСПЕРТНО-АНАЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ (2006–2020 ГГ.)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB). It considers activities of the Eurasian Development Bank throughout the entire period of its operation – from the moment of its establishment on the initiative of the Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan in January 2006 until the end of 2020. The author of the article shows that over the years of its existence, the Eurasian Development Bank, which currently includes, in addition to the two founding countries, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, has become an important institution of international and transregional financial and economic cooperation in the Eurasian Economic Union. The paper describes the foundational documents of the Bank as its Development Strategy for the periods 2008–2010; 2011–2013; 2014–2017 and 2018–2022. It analyzes the organizational structure of the Bank, the dynamics of changes in the current investment portfolio, the cooperation of the Eurasian Development Bank with the Eurasian Economic Commission, the development institutions of the Eurasian Economic Union, Commonwealth of Independent States, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, etc. Much attention is paid to various forms of expert and analytical activities of the Eurasian Development Bank aimed at strengthening the Eurasian financial and economic integration: periodic analytical publications of the Bank, its annu- al international conferences and Round Tables on Eurasian integration, as well as the preparation and holding in December 2020 – the First Eurasian Congress of the Bank, which was attended by representative delegations of all countries – participants of the Eurasian Development Bank, as well as other post-Soviet countries, integration associations, business circles and the expert community.