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Missing in action – The winners, the losers and the unknowns of the European Investment Bank’s anti-crisis SME offensive in central and eastern Europe

Study | 8 December, 2010 | Download PDF

In 2008, the EIB’s deployed an additional EUR 15 billion to its ‘global loan’ lending – as a response to the financial crisis and the difficulty for small and media sized enterprises to access finance. In essence, the package appears to have remained to a large extent in the intermediary banks, the initial recipients of the funding.


Labour conditions at Furshet supermarkets in Ukraine. How employee rights have been shaping up since the start of EBRD financial support

Study | 7 December, 2010 | Download PDF

In 2007 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provided a USD 90 million loan to the second largest supermarket operator in Ukraine – the Furshet Group – for the regional expansion of its chain in Ukraine and Moldova. The aim of this research was to examine labour/gender conditions at supermarkets in respect of employee rights and discrimination at work, resulting in recommendations how Furshet and the EBRD can improve the employees’ situation.


The transport sector in the EU must de-carbonize. Is the EIB ready to contribute to it?

Briefing | 26 November, 2010 | Download PDF

The issue paper provides facts about the EIB’s performance in the transport sector since the approval of the current transport policy in 2007. While transport investments represent a large share of the EIB’s portfolio in the EU 27, transport GHG emissions in the EU are continuously rising.


Pointers for the EBRDs forthcoming mining sector strategy

Policy comments | 20 November, 2010 | Download PDF

The document summarises the goals on which, according to Bankwatch, a future EBRD mining sector strategy needs to be based if the EBRD wants to support sustainable development. It includes specific recommendations to help ensure that EBRD investments in the mining sector bring real benefits for communities, avoid environmental and social harm, reduce CO2 emissions and do not increase countries’ dependence on commodities.


Pointers for the EBRDs strategy on Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure (MEI)

Policy comments | 20 November, 2010 | Download PDF

With these pointers, Bankwatch analyses the EBRD’s current Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure (MEI) policy and critically examines its implementation in the sectors of water, waste, transport, district heating and other social services. We offer recommendations that – if included in the revised policy – would help taking into account the inescapable need for a low-carbon development and the lessons from the global economic crisis.


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