http://www.ebrd.com/pubs Reports, reviews, fact sheets, guides and official documents published by the EBRD. en-gb Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:46:51 +0100 The Bank’s Sustainability Report looks at the Bank’s 2007 investments in sustainable development across the 29 countries where it operates from central Europe to central Asia. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/sus07.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/sus07.htm 02/07/2008 00:00:00 Regional Transport   http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/eotv16n3.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/eotv16n3.htm 12/06/2008 00:00:00 Ukraine Analysis This paper investigates how contract specificities affect the performance of municipal infrastructure projects in the transportation, district heating, water, waste water and solid waste sectors. Using data from projects financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, we look at the effect of involving private parties with varying degrees of risk, and involving public parties other than the respective municipality. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/wp0106.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/wp0106.htm 12/06/2008 00:00:00 Regional Municipal and environmental infrastructure There is significant scope to reduce the carbon footprint of the energy sector in the transition region, both by reducing energy use per unit of output and by switching to low carbon energy sources. This is the clear message of the EBRD brochure, Securing sustainable energy in transition economies. Importantly, it introduces a new monitoring tool, the Index of Sustainable Energy (ISE), which allows experts and policy-makers to benchmark individual countries’ progress in reform of three key areas – energy efficiency, development of renewable energy sources and policies to address climate change. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/sse.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/sse.htm 19/05/2008 00:00:00 Regional Environment The Donor Report 2008, subtitled ‘Real people and real change’, demonstrates how the EBRD and donors are working together to improve people’s lives and opportunities in 29 countries in central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Western Balkans. The Report includes details on donor-funded activities and official co-financing, describes regional activities and highlights the key programmes and sectors supported by donors, ranging from micro, small and medium-sized enterprise lending to the Sustainable Energy Initiative, the Legal Transition Programme, municipal and environmental infrastructure and transport. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/funding/dr08.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/funding/dr08.htm 19/05/2008 00:00:00 Regional Technical Cooperation In 2007, the EBRD invested €5.6 billion in projects in the countries in which it operates from central Europe to central Asia. Investments covered a wide range of businesses and sectors with an increased emphasis on south-eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Russia. The 2007 Annual Report provides an overview of these wide-ranging activities over the preceding year through words and images, and highlights the impact of the Bank’s operations on countries and their people through 13 case studies. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/ar07.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/ar07.htm 19/05/2008 00:00:00 Regional Analysis Turning refugee women into entrepreneurs in Bosnia. Developing telecommunications in Moldova. Creating jobs from cookies in FYR Macedonia. These are some of the stories collected in People and Projects 2008. These stories speak of hope, imagination and entrepreneurial spirit but also demonstrate that much still needs to be done to build strong modern market economies in former communist countries. This year's edition of People and Projects also includes a special focus on Ukraine where the EBRD is holding its 2008 Annual Meeting. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/pp08.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/pp08.htm 19/05/2008 00:00:00 Regional Corporate information Law in transition 2008 focuses on two themes: securities markets, and legal reform in Ukraine. Part 1 of the report asssesses the quality of securities markets legislation in the EBRD’s countries of operations and outlines some of the most interesting recent developments in securities’ markets law and practice in Russia, Albania, Kazakhstan and Moldova in particular. Part 2 covers legal reform in Ukraine and offers a variety of views and analysis on recent achievements, challenges and trends, authored by practising lawyers, bankers, economists and academics. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/legal/lit08.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/legal/lit08.htm 19/05/2008 00:00:00 Regional Law Through the voices and emotions of fifteen prominent writers and essayists, Histories of Hope - Personal reflections on transition in the EBRD region brings together a diverse range of views on the social and economic changes that have affected their countries since the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Launched on the occasion of the 2008 Annual Meeting of the EBRD in Kiev, Histories of Hope gives a sense of the colossal historic changes which have occurred across the Bank’s region of operations, particularly in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. This unique collection of reflections was compiled and edited by the renowned Ukrainian author, Andrei Kurkov. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/hh.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/general/hh.htm 17/05/2008 00:00:00 Regional Corporate information Investor country factsheets describe the vital role of shareholders in supporting and shaping EBRD programmes. Each factsheet outlines the Bank's areas of expertise, its achievements to date and future investment opportunities. All factsheets provide full contact details for further information. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/cs/investor.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/cs/investor.htm 14/05/2008 10:00:00 Regional Corporate information Country factsheets offer summaries of investments, highlight economic and legal trends, showcase successful projects and outline the Bank's plans for the future. All factsheets provide full contact details for further information. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/cs/country.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/cs/country.htm 12/05/2008 15:00:00 Regional Corporate information Sector and theme factsheets highlight the Bank's areas of expertise and achievements in specific sectors or programmes, describe achievements to date and outline future investment opportunities. All factsheets provide full contact details for further information. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/cs/themes.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/cs/themes.htm 12/05/2008 11:00:00 Regional Corporate information Growth, reform indicators and policy complementarities Jorge Braga De Macedo and Joaquim Oliveira Martins http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/eotv16n2.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/eotv16n2.htm 18/03/2008 00:00:00 Poland Analysis Taipei China and the EBRD have had a longstanding partnership. The welcome support provided by Taipei China has been making a real difference in the EBRD’s countries of operations. This publication looks at the ways in which Taipei China's authorities have supported the Bank and highlights the positive effects of this collaboration. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/funding/taiwan.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/funding/taiwan.htm 22/02/2008 00:00:00 Regional Technical Cooperation This paper uses new data on the ownership structure and balance sheets of 45 of the world’s largest banking groups to analyse what determines the credit growth of their subsidiaries, many of which are in central and eastern Europe. It also examines how lending by multinational bank subsidiaries is influenced by the macroeconomic situation in the host and home country, and the financial characteristics of the subsidiary itself, the parent bank and other subsidiaries in the same banking group. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/wp0105.htm http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/econo/wp0105.htm 18/02/2008 00:00:00 Regional Analysis