Empowering Arab Women, a Difficult Task for the EBRD

24 May 2012  | Morocco World News

Faced with a lack of opportunities and disempowerment in their societies, women’s journey towards self-assertion is more effort consuming.

EBRD’s work cut out in quest to put Egypt on the road to economic renewal

24 May 2012  | The Guardian

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development faces some tough calls as it tries to revive Egypt’s economic fortunes.

EBRD sustainable investment plan shoots down critical study

23 May 2012  | blue & green tomorrow

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revealed plans to invest €6.5 billion in cutting carbon emissions, just days after a report by Bankwatch suggested that the EBRD’s investment strategy was undermining its sustainability strategy.

Are Tar Sands Pipelines Positive or Negative for Women?

21 May 2012  | Huffington Post

Although delayed, the TransCanada Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is almost a go despite community resistance from the Canadian border to Texas refineries. Politics will determine when the pipeline will launch. Proponents argue that the pipeline will reduce U.S. dependence on Middle East oil. Opponents raise environmental concerns. But the discourse, dominated by national security, jobs, and pollution, mostly ignores oil extraction and pipeline impacts on women

New EBRD chief champions democracy mandate

20 May 2012  | al-Ahram

Euro development bank says promoting democratic freedoms is its main goal after it agrees 1 billion euro fund for Egypt and other Arab nations.

Eastern Europe’s neoliberal disaster provides a warning for the Arab spring

20 May 2012  | The Guardian

I wonder if David Cameron spent any time in eastern Europe in the 1990s.