Publications

In this issue dedicated to the ‘No Reform, No Money’ campaign: EIB: NO REFORM NO MONEY! EIB: No Responsibility for Development, EIB Information Policy * EIB – a Friend to the Environment * Bulgaria: Nuclear plant or EU Membership * EBRD to Fund Project Under Legal Challenge…

A case study prepared for the campaign “No Reform No Money” The campaign urged EIB shareholder countries to condition the replenishment of the bank’s capital on substantial improvements in public access to information, environmental standards, a proper development mandate, a…

In this issue: Oil Terminal in Ramsar Site * K2/R4 Progress * Energoatom * EIB/EBRD Accountability * NEMAK Aluminium Project * ISPA Projects * Forest Development Project in Romania

In this issue: EBRD: Language Apartheid * K2/R4, Bratislava Bridge * Motorway in Bulgaria * Public Transport in Hungary * Pulp Mill in Latvia * 10th birthday of Espoo Convention * New Study on IFIs in Russian Oil Sector

Located at almost 4,000 meters in the remote Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Kumtor gold mine is believed to be the eighth largest gold field in the world. In 1998, a cyanide and sodium hypochloride spill associated with the mine reportedly left several people dead, h…

In this issue: Caspian Oil attracts EBRD *Kumtor Gold Mine: Two years later *K2/R4: Is the Blackmail Over? *The World Bank exploring new ways of dialogue with NGOs *The EBRD Knows that K2/R4 Is a Bad Project *CEE Training Opportunity on Globalisation *Decommissioning Fund: t…

In this “Jellyfish Issue – World Bank-NGO relations”: World Bank-NGO Relations: An Overview * A Crippled CAS In Slovakia * World Bank Aids CEZ to Fund Czech Nuclear Power * Ripples from the EIB Report Reach EIB Executive Suite * Prague 2000 Activities on the World Bank

International financial institutions (IFIs) around the world have been asked in recent years to take on new policy issues, in an effort to improve their performance and transparency. Many have made a concerted effort to do so, although to mixed reviews. One important excepti…

In this issue dedicated to participation: Balkan Groups Cite Investment Priorities for Post-War Reconstruction *Delta Lloyd Said NO to Nuclear Investment *Paving Over Public Participation *EU Accession: Is Anyone Thinking of Alternatives? *Czech Public Concerned By EU Pre-Ac…

In this EIB Issue: EIB – Eminence Grease of Europe * EIB: Europe’s Biggest Bulldozer * EIB Highway In Bulgaria * World Bank And Lithuanian Airport * Who In Ukraine Wants Nuclear Reactors?

In this World Bank AGM issue: Balkan Reconstruction * EIA In Estonia * Lithuanian Airport * Nuclear Reactors In Eastern Europe * Energy Efficiency Funds Unused In Ukraine

In this EBRD issue: EBRD Bankers Gone Crazy? * Rushing For Caspian Oil * Kumtor’s Gold * K2/R4 * Nuclear Safety Account