Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath

Based in Bulgaria, Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath is EBRD coordinator for bankwatch.org - an environmental watchdog NGO that campaigns across central and eastern Europe

At 30, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development must do better on human rights

The bank has a mandate to promote democracy – so why is it investing in autocratic regimes?

By Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath

/ 1 Jul 2021

At 30, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development must do better on human rights

PPP pushers: why can't the EBRD stop?

Public Private Partnerships – the off-balance-sheet instrument of choice for indebted governments – are still central to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's mantra. Why can't they stop foisting instruments thoroughly discredited in Western Europe on those in the East?

By Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath

/ 15 Nov 2010