Listen to the live launch of the EBRD Transition Report launch.The global shift to net zero will require major structural changes in economies, as well as extensive change in daily lives. The scale of the transition is unprecedented: from the

War And Post - War Economics Lessons For Ukraine

May 26th, 2023 1h

Policymakers and investors need to be aware of the short and long-term challenges Ukraine faces during the war and those that the country will have to deal with in the post-war period.This panel takes a broad look at the historical experience

Regional Economic Prospects 2023

May 24th, 2023 55m 54s

The much-anticipated EBRD Regional Economic Prospects were back in the new panel discussion format for a special EBRD Annual Meeting 2023 edition. The interactive discussion covered the latest economic forecasts for the regions where the EBRD i

Ukraine Event Special: Investment in the real economy and the role of the EBRD

Dec 12th, 2022 56m 25s

Nearly nine months after the Russian invasion, the war has seriously affected Ukraine’s economy, which is facing daunting tasks.These tasks require collective efforts and coordination among the country’s policymakers, businesses and internati

Ukraine Event Special: Sustainable macroeconomic policies for the war and beyond

Dec 7th, 2022 55m 48s

Nearly nine months after the Russian invasion, the war has seriously affected Ukraine’s economy, which is facing daunting tasks. Macroeconomic and financial sector stability are essential for the continued functioning of the economy and maintai

Launch Of the EBRD Transition Report 2022 - 23 Business Unusual

Nov 24th, 2022 1h 19m

Launch Of the EBRD Transition Report 2022 - 23 Business Unusual by EBRD

A Cold Winter Ahead? Latest economic forecasts from the EBRD

Sep 28th, 2022 56m 36s

This special episode in Fearonomics series looks at the economic risks of recent geopolitical turmoil.Ths live event, where the EBRD launched their economic forecasts, analysed the impact of recent turbulence on the economic outlook, including

Fearonomics: the cost of discrimination

Jun 21st, 2022 44m 3s

Rate, review and subscribe to our podcastAt a time when we’re living through the highest inflation in decades, a cost of living crisis and dramatically falling rates of growth, the new Fearonomics episode looks at the cost of discrimination

Fearonomics: why we fear migration

Jun 13th, 2022 45m 7s

Rate, review and subscribe to our podcastThe new episode of the EBRD’s Fearonomics podcast looks at the most common fears around migration.The rate of growth of displaced people in the world is alarming. A 100 million is the latest UNHCR e

Fearonomics: the future of pandemics

May 20th, 2022 40m 41s

Rate, review and subscribe to our podcastThe new episode of the EBRD’s Fearonomics podcast explores the risks of future pandemics.With new cases of monkeypox globally detected, the looming risks of growing anti-microbial resistance and t

Fearonomics: why should we fear inflation

May 5th, 2022 40m 30s

Rate, review, download our podcastIn the new episode of the EBRD’s Fearonomics podcast Jonathan Charles, the EBRD’s Managing Director of Communications, Sergei Guriev, former EBRD Chief Economist and now Professor of Economics at Science Po

Fearonomics: death of globalisation?

Apr 20th, 2022 34m 9s

Rate, review and subscribe to our podcastThe new episode of the EBRD’s Fearonomics podcast explores the risks of rolling back globalisation.Globalisation connected the world’s economies as never before. Cross-border trade in goods and servi

Fearonomics: will the global energy crisis end the shift to green?

Apr 7th, 2022 38m 7s

Fearonomics: will global energy crisis end the shift to green?Rate, review and subscribe to our podcastIn its second episode the EBRD’s new Fearonomics podcast is exploring what are the risks and solutions to the global energy crisis.List

Fearonomics: can we fix the looming food crisis?

Apr 1st, 2022 34m 10s

In its first episode Fearonomics: can we fix the looming food crisis? Jonathan Charles, EBRD’s Managing Director, Communications, will be discussing the most pressing issues with Sergei Guriev, EBRD former Chief Economist and professor of econo

Transition Report 2021-22 launch

Nov 17th, 2021 1h 30m

System upgrade: Delivering the digital dividend Our report explores how advanced digitalisation has affected the economies where we invest.The digitalisation process is destined to continue and will remain one of the key forces shaping deve

COP26: what’s at stake for the EBRD regions

Oct 8th, 2021 1h 26m

Listen, download and rate our podcastCOP26, or the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, will bring international stakeholders together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on

Robots v Covid-19: the future of work?

May 25th, 2021 38m 33s

Robots v Covid-19: the future of work?Rate, review and download our podcast“Telecommuting”, “quaranteams”, “doomscrolling”, “upperwear” and curating one’s Zoom background have all become a part of our new remote working reality. If we w

Can finance reduce pollution during the Covid-19 crisis?

May 17th, 2021 45m 30s

Rate, review and download our podcastWith the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26) scheduled for November, governments are under growing pressure to meet their national commitments to decarbonise.Green transition at sc

The EBRD at 30: what’s next?

Apr 16th, 2021 1h 25m

Rate, review and download our podcastOn the 15 April 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development opened its doors for business for the first time.It was conceived by its founders as ‘a new and unique structure of co‑operati

How to measure impact of multilateral lending

Mar 5th, 2021 1h 25m

Rate, review and download our podcastThe Multilateral development banks were set up after the Second World War to be the original impact investors, fighting poverty, inequality or more currently climate change. “To demonstrate our impact is

Combatting inequality during and after Covid-19

Jan 22nd, 2021 1h 28m

Rate, review and download our podcastInequality is emerging as the “biggest policy challenge” during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, with the World Bank estimating that extreme global poverty is to rise for the first time in over 20 years.

The State Strikes Back: what is the role of the state post Covid-19?

Nov 11th, 2020 1h 34m

In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the key role of the state amidst managing public health and economic disaster. However, if the role of state is growing, is it actually a good thing? These are just a few of the questions discussed in

The growing mountain of debt: how Covid-19 is creating a big pile of debt and what to do with it

Oct 29th, 2020 1h 26m

Rate, review and download our podcastIt’s been almost a year since reports of a new strain of coronavirus first emerged. Even back then the IMF was sounding the alarm about the high and rising levels of debt in developing economies. Today,

Trade finance during the coronavirus pandemic

Sep 18th, 2020 1h 21m

Rate, review and download our podcastThe coronavirus pandemic has broken supply chains, closed off borders and disrupted international trade routes.Trade, which in recent years accounted for 54% to 60% of global economic activity, is now se

Fiscal policy and the post Covid-19 social contract

Jul 10th, 2020 1h 25m

Rate, review and download our podcastThe full cost of the coronavirus pandemic is still unknown. But state spending has skyrocketed as governments try to protect whole sectors and industries which were put into induced comas this spring.Ho