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New European Parliament resolution calls on the European Union to tackle capital flight and tax havens [eurodad.org, 28th January 2010]
EIB tax haven lending exposed [euro-correspondent.com & private-eye.co.uk, 13 August 2009]
Der günstige Weg über Mauritius [taz.de, 16 July 2009]

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31 March 2009

EIB - what's the EU's house bank doing away from home?

3 December 2008

Turning a curse into a blessing: Three testimonies about Africa's mineral wealth

1 July 2008

The European Investment Bank - facing challenges as it turns 50

5 October 2007

The European Union's Financing in the Energy Sector in Africa

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	Ethiopia’s newest dam suffers tunnel collapse days after inauguration Rome, Italy -- A critical water-passage tunnel in the newly inaugurated Gilgel Gibe 2 hydropower project in Ethiopia reportedly collapsed this week. With a price tag of EUR 374 million and a capacity of 420 megawatts, Gilgel Gibe 2 is currently Ethiopia’s biggest power plant. The project channels the water discharged from the Gilgel Gibe 1 Dam through a long tunnel and a steep drop directly to the valley of the Omo River. Read more
	The Smoke and Mirrors of the EIB - on Gibe 3 Dam (Ethiopia) Clarification on the European Investment Bank’s role in Ethiopia’s Gibe 3 Dam A statement issued June 4 by the European Investment Bank contradicts a June 3 announcement made to Friends of Lake Turkana that the Bank had withdrawn its consideration of the Gibe 3 Dam in Ethiopia. The June 4 statement is consistent with the Bank’s efforts to conduct its operations on Gibe 3 and other controversial projects behind smoke and mirrors. Read more
	Lilian Ikal Angelei speaks about the Gilgel Gibe III dam, Ethiopia Lilian Ikal Angelei of grassroots organization Friends of the Lake Turkana in Kenya speaks about EIB involvement in the Gilgel Gibe III dam in Ethiopia during April's World in Crisis conference in Prague. Read more
	Ugandan dam slammed by World Bank appeals body, EIB must withhold funding until major problems are addressed, say NGOs Following a highly critical assessment from a World Bank body on the impacts of the USD 799 million Bujagali dam in Uganda, the campaign coalition Counter Balance has called on the European Investment Bank (EIB), a joint funder of the controversial project with the World Bank, to withhold any further disbursement of its USD 130 million loan for the project until an independent investigation of the impacts of the dam are undertaken. Read more
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Clarification on the European Investment Bank’s role in Ethiopia’s Gibe 3 Dam

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