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23rd Apr 2012

BRICS Development Bank gets Green Light

In a first step to set up a development bank as counterweight to the US/EU-led World Bank and the IMF, the Finance Ministers of the BRICS member countries have met up this weekend on sidelines of the annual Spring Meeting of the World Bank and the IMF to discuss this important step.

In their consultations South Africa and other members of BRICS grouping have agreed on Sunday 22 April 2012 to establish a task force to come up with recommendations to set up a developmental bank, a move ...[MORE]

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Date: 17.05.2012
Time: 23:02

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Pieter Bouwer, BA (Pol), BA Hons (Econ), MSc (Fin Econ)
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Pieter BouwerPieter Bouwer joined IBN in 2009, after 23 years as a South African career diplomat.

Pieter's overseas postings included London (1990-1993), Frankfurt (1995-1998), Oslo (1998-1999) and Berlin (2002-2008).

At the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria, he served at various times in the divisions responsible for Economic Planning, the United States of America, Western Europe and Multilateral Affairs.

Pieter spent a year in the United States as an exchange student, before starting his university studies. He obtained a BA degree in Political Science and a BA Honours degree in Economics from the Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg), a Graduate Diploma in Export Management from the South African Institute of Marketing Management and an MSc degree in Financial Economics from the University of London.