NDB refers to the New Development Bank. The global organization BRICS established the New Development Bank in 2015. This multilateral bank was developed by a few nations abbreviated as BRICS states, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. This is an international financial agency or a bank which can support various kinds of public or private projects through loans and other financial support. The mission of the NDB is to support the improvement of infrastructure and sustainable development initiatives in the BRICS nations, other developing nations, and emerging markets. The first authorized capital amount was $ 100 billion. From this amount, a capital of rupees $50 billion was again categorized into paid-in and callable shares, which were distributed among the member countries. The current president of the National Development Bank is Marcos Prado Troyjo. The official language of this organization is English.
India proposed developing a bank of this kind between nations in 2012 at the 4th BRICS summit in Delhi. That was the beginning, with K.V. Kamath being appointed the first president of the newly established NDB bank in 2015. Though the bank was established in 2015, most of the NDB policies and methodologies were approved by the board meetings held in January 2016 The first green financial bond was successfully signed on 19th July 2016.
A Board of Governors oversees the NDB. The BRICS countries' finance ministers make up the board. Each member's portion of the NDB determines their voting power. The right to vote is currently equal among all members. The main organs of the bank include a board of governors, board of directors, presidents, and vice presidents.
Promote sustainable and infrastructural development projects.
Maintain a network of global partnerships
Development of projects providing importance to geographical matters.
Since its establishment, the bank has invested effectively in several infrastructure projects across the BRICS nations.
In place of US dollars, 27% of Bank project approvals are made in the local currencies of the respective borrowing members.
The NDB has received favorable ratings from rating agencies.
Another impressive fact about the bank is that it has continued to expand even though some geopolitical issues have hampered some of its member nations.
The headquarters of the national development bank is in Shanghai.
All United Nations members are eligible to join the bank.
NDB has raised a total funding of $3.1M over 3 rounds. It is funded by 2 investors. They are Adam Morley and Alchemist Accelerator. Their most recent funding came from a Venture - Series Unknown round, which was raised on July 28, 2022.
NDB was formed in 2014 by signing the treaty, and it was in 2015 that the treaty came into force.