印度任命新開發銀行首任行長
India has named private sector banker KV Kamath as head of the New Development Bank, the so-called Brics bank of the big emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, according to government officials in New Delhi.
新德里的政府官員表示，印度已任命私人部門銀行家卡馬斯(KV Kamath)擔任新開發銀行(New Development Bank)的行長。新開發銀行是指巴西、俄羅斯、印度、中國和南非這些大型新興經濟體創立的所謂金磚銀行。
The bank, one of a group of new institutions backed by China and reflecting Beijing’s increasing political and economic influence in Asia and beyond, will be based in Shanghai, while member states, starting with India, will take turns to lead it.
新開發銀行是由中國支持的衆多新機構之一，反映出中國在亞洲及其他地區日益增長的政治和經濟影響力。該行總部將位於上海，其成員國將輪流提名行長人選，首任行長由印度提名。Mr Kamath, 67, is seen as an uncontroversial choice and a safe pair of hands as the bank’s debut leader.
現年67歲的卡馬斯被視爲一個沒有爭議的人物，是新開發銀行首任行長的可靠人選。
A pillar of India’s corporate establishment, he is non-executive chairman of India’s ICICI, the country’s largest private sector lender. Having started his career with the bank, Mr Kamath led ICICI as chief executive from 1996 to 2009, overseeing its rapid expansion and modernisation.
卡馬斯是印度企業界的支柱，他目前擔任印度最大的私人部門銀行——印度工業信貸投資銀行(ICICI)的非執行董事長。卡馬斯的職業生涯始於該行，他從1996年至2009年擔任該行的首席執行官，領導了該行的快速擴張和現代化。The Brics bank was described in the FT by George Magnus, associate at the China Centre of the University of Oxford, as a sort of “clone institution” of the International Monetary Fund.
牛津大學中國中心(China Centre of the University of Oxford)研究員喬治•馬格納斯(George Magnus)曾在英國《金融時報》發表的文章中形容新開發銀行是國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)的某種“克隆機構”。China, awash with cash that it is ready to spend on infrastructure investments worldwide in a show of “soft power”, has also raised hackles in the US with its new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and a “One Belt, One Road” project to create a modern Silk Road through central and south Asia.
資金充裕、並準備在世界各地投資於基礎設施項目以展示“軟實力”的中國，還成立了新的亞洲基礎設施投資銀行（AIIB，中文簡稱亞投行），並提出穿越中亞和南亞地區建設現代絲綢之路的“一帶一路”項目，這些都在美國引起一些人不滿。Mr Kamath’s appointment drew speculation among observers that other heavyweight economic figures in India had declined the role, notably Raghuram Rajan, governor of the Reserve Bank of India, who had denied any interest in the post.
任命卡馬斯擔任新開發銀行行長讓觀察家們猜測，印度其他重量級經濟人士婉拒了該職位，尤其是印度央行(Reserve Bank of India)行長拉古拉姆•拉詹(Raghuram Rajan)。拉詹曾表示對該職位沒有任何興趣。“For a long time the rumour was that Raghu [Rajan] would be lumped with this, and we can at least be grateful that this did not happen, given how badly India needs him,” said one figure with ties to the government of Narendra Modi, the prime minister.
一位與總理納倫德拉•莫迪(Narendra Modi)領導的印度政府有關係的人士表示：“一直有傳聞稱，拉詹將參與這件事情，鑑於印度非常需要拉詹，我們至少感激的是，這種情況沒有發生。”The power and relevance of the role leading the Chinese-dominated institution has also been questioned in India.
新開發銀行由中國佔據主導地位，該行行長的實際權力和意義也在印度受到質疑。“While an Indian is the head, the bankroller is clearly China, and so it isn’t clear that any really top-level people would even want this job. So they had to get someone safe, a sort of emeritus figure,” the person added.
上述人士補充稱：“儘管行長是印度人，但出資者顯然是中國，因此不清楚真正的高層人士是否想要這份職位。因此他們不得不找穩妥的人選，找個某種榮譽人士出任該職位。”Mr Kamath is known for his unfailingly upbeat views about India’s economic development, a faith that friends say rarely wavered even in private, in spite of rapid declines in the country’s rate of growth in recent years.
卡馬斯以堅信印度經濟將會蓬勃發展而聞名。朋友們表示，他的這一信念即便在私下裏也從不動搖，儘管印度經濟增長率近年大幅下降。
