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A law unto itself. The EIB dwarfs even the World Bank with its lending. About time, then, that its EU masters exercised some ethical control [by the Guardian, 18 November 2008]
A better return for our money - the role of the EIB in the financial crisis [European Voice, 14 November 2008]
EIB, European Commission launch review of external lending [2 October 2008]

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3 December 2008

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

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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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	Demonstrators tell EIB to stop financing climate change Environmental campaigners from around Europe held a demonstration today in Ljubljana, Slovenia aimed at ending the climate change enhancing investments of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union and one of the biggest public lenders in the world. Read more
	European Parliament passes resolution to end taxpayer support for fossil fuels projects With a resounding majority (540 MEPs in favour), the European Parliament today passed a resolution on trade and climate change which calls for "the discontinuation of public support, via export credit agencies and public investment banks, for fossil fuel projects". The step was widely welcomed by environmental and development NGOs campaigning on export credit agencies (ECAs) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Read more
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