By Toby McIntosh The European Investment Bank has again refused to disclose the minutes of a 2023 meeting about the GEMs database. In declining to…
Category: GEMs Database
By Toby McIntosh More transparency may translate into more investment by the multilateral development banks (MDBs) in emerging markets and developing economies. Standard & Poor’s…
By Toby McIntosh The European Investment Bank is well past the target date for deciding what to disclose of the minutes of a meeting about…
By Toby McIntosh An unjustified assertion of blanket secrecy for the minutes of a meeting is inconsistent with the transparency policy at the European Investment…
By Toby McIntosh The European Investment Bank has disclosed more information about an unusual 2019 licensing agreement with ILX, a Dutch investment company — the…
By Toby McIntosh The European Investment Bank Complaints Mechanism has recommended that the EIB reconsider withholding key information about the terms of an agreement to…
By Toby McIntosh Partially lifting the lid on a “treasure trove” of international economic data has not dampened interest in getting a closer look inside,…
By Toby McIntosh The Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium Oct. 15 reported on country-by-country loan default and recovery rates for the first time,…
By Toby McIntosh The European Investment Bank Complaints Mechanism is working on two appeals by Eye on Global Transparency (EYE) concerning denials of access to…
A consortium of international financial institutions, under pressure to be more transparent with a database called GEMs, has released aggregated data on the risk of…









