Financial intermediaries: Do economic, environmental and social benefits lie behind the big numbers? – EBRD AGM Issue Paper
Publication | 10 May, 2010In order to prevent the collapse of the banking sector in central and eastern Europe following the outbreak of economic crisis conditions in autumn 2008, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a large number of loans to private banks in the region. Yet even though this form of lending is taking on ever greater importance at the EBRD, next to no concrete details about what it is achieving and who is benefiting from it exist for the public.
Read moreD1 motorway Phase I, Slovakia – EBRD AGM Issue Paper
Publication | 10 May, 2010Both the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank approved loans for the D1 motorway Phase I project in Slovakia, which seeks to link the economically wealthier western part of Slovakia with the less developed eastern part. The project is to be financed through a public-private partnership (PPP), which has been the cause of considerable controversy in Slovakia, as has the fact that the planned route impacts protected Natura 2000 areas.
Read morePreliminary report on impacts on the Rojkovske Raselinisko Mire by the proposed motorway D1 Turany-Hubova, Slovakia
Publication | 10 May, 2010Illustrated report on the most significant impacts of the D1 motorway in Slovakia, prepared by Jan Topercer, commissioned by Friends of the Earth-CEPA and CEE Bankwatch Network.
Read moreLetter to EBRD regarding the Sava river crossing, a new resettlement project in Serbia
Publication | 4 May, 2010Read more on the communities at the Sava river crossing also on our blog
Read moreLetter to EBRD president Thomas Mirow regarding the loan approval for the D1 motorway Phase 1, Slovakia
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Bankwatch Mail 43
Publication | 29 April, 2010In this issue: Wise up! European Development Bank red herring masks critique of EIB’s external operations * The case for cyanide in Bulgaria’s gold mines kicked out * Lost in transition * New EU funds report and website * EU funds sinking in Latvia’s enduring crisis swamp * Charge of the electricity brigade against villagers in Ukraine * Will the World Bank be rewarded for business as usual or put to the test to stop climate-damaging development? * Belene in and out of the grip of Russia * IFI
Read moreOver the edge. Enel’s plans to export its pollution to Porto Romano, Albania
Publication | 27 April, 2010The Italian energy giant Enel is planning to construct a coal-fired thermal power plant consisting of two 800 MW units at Porto Romano near the city of Durres in Albania. If constructed this would be the largest investment in the history of the Albanian energy industry. Eighty five percent of the electricity produced would be exported to Italy.
Read moreKazakhstan civil society letter to EIB requesting disclosure of information on the EIB’s Framework Agreement with Kazakhstan
Publication | 20 April, 2010The EIB responded to our letter on May 19, 2010. Their response can be downloaded as pdf.
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