New beginnings at 30: can the EBRD leave behind fossil gas to become a bank fit for our future?
June 16, 2021
This report analyses the EBRD’s energy-related operations across the first two years of the Bank’s new Energy Sector Strategy (ESS) (2019-2020). This initial period of the ESS’s implementation is also compared to the previous ESS implementation period
Uzbekistan has 10,000 NGOs, but what do they do?
June 14, 2021
On paper, civil society in Uzbekistan seems to be thriving – but officials are hiding its problems behind manipulated data.
Pathway to Paris: Can the ADB help Uzbekistan reach carbon neutrality?
May 4, 2021
Rather than helping Uzbekistan realize its renewable potential, the Asian Development Bank’s programs there are undermining global climate goals.
Half green and half-blind on democracy. As the EBRD turns 30 the vision of its founders is still far out of sight
April 14, 2021
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was created in 1991 at a unique moment in history: after the fall of the Berlin wall, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the run-up for the Rio Earth Summit on Sustainable Development and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Indorama Agro workers are fighting to register the first independent trade union in Uzbekistan
March 26, 2021
International civil society urges the Uzbek government and development banks to support the registration of the trade union in a joint statement released today, as workers organising the union are met with threats.
Joint Statement Regarding the Establishment of an Independent Trade Union in Uzbekistan
March 26, 2021
On March 19, 2021, over 200 employees of Indorama Agro in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan held a meeting to establish the independent trade union, “Xalq Birligi” (People’s Unity), the first of its kind in the country. This initiative was a response t
Pulling the ‘cotton’ over Uzbek eyes at latest EBRD investment
January 26, 2021
On 27 January 2021 the EBRD expects its Board of Directors to approve a loan of USD 70 million to Indorama Agro for the development of the cotton farming sector in Uzbekistan.
