National Development Banks of European Countries as Mechanisms for Effective Government Support for the National Economy
In recent years, European countries have become increasingly confronted with an investment gap, in which social needs are growing faster than the budgetary possibilities of EU member states. In tackling this problem, the work of EU governments focuses on the important role that national development banks have to play in the implementation of the European Investment Plan (Juncker-plan) along with other European institutions such as the European Commission and the EIBGroup. The current requirements for national development banks of the EU countries have begun to involve them more widely in the financing of infrastructure projects, as well as in their functioning as managers of various funds and financial intermediaries in financial instruments. The article was prepared on the basis of materials and data collected during a scientific internship at the Economic University of Prague (Czech Republic, October 2017).