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Economic lightweight Belarus out-performs its partners thanks to swift customs clearance

Belarus, the smallest partner in the Customs Union formed with Russia and Kazakhstan two years ago, is by far its biggest beneficiary.

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The Future of Local Currency Capital Markets

Panel discusses challenges facing capital market design and development in transition economies.

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Investing in Turkey’s infrastructure

The pulse of the Turkish economy shows resilience after the financial crisis and great potential to attract more investment in the infrastructure sector.

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Towards a secure and sustainable energy future

Expert panel discusses global energy challenges at EBRD’s Business Forum.

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How good corporate governance, transparency and profitability fit together

Civil Society Programme event looks at restoring trust in businesses.

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Transition through a writer’s lens

Authors ponder the political and economic changes and remaining challenges in the current EBRD region and in the southern and eastern Mediterranean.

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Promoting women’s role in the knowledge economy

The EBRD’s Women in Business event focused on how to better capitalise on women’s potential to foster a knowledge-based economy.

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A future for Europe as a growth-promoting and market-stabilising union

Austerity or a default union not necessarily the best option for the European Union.

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EBRD in good position to help people in southern and eastern Mediterranean

Board of Governors opening session stresses Bank’s strong results.

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Why Georgia is different

Georgia opens its doors for investors with key economic reforms and strong investments in infrastructure and energy supply.

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Sharing the lessons of reform with the EBRD’s new region

Arab countries – and Europe – urged to find new economic model.

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Trade finance experts stress positive outlook, despite challenges

EBRD event discusses challenges in central Europe and central Asia.

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Sustainable Energy Initiative Phase 3 launched at EBRD Annual Meeting

The third stage of SEI aims to maintain the EBRD’s status as the leader in sustainable energy financing in its region of operations.

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Investing in people and environments

Sustainability is a fundamental part of the EBRD's mandate.

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EBRD transit van project boosts small businesses in Turkey

€150 million loan to Ford Otosan will benefit local suppliers.

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Safer skies for the Balkans

An EBRD loan has helped to upgrade a regional air traffic control centre.

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How women can get ahead in business

International Women’s Day event at the EBRD urges female workers to market themselves better.

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EBRD helps Istanbul commuters with ferry deal

The privatisation of the city's main ferry company will ease transport in the traffic-choked metropolis.

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A new shopping experience for Albanians

The EBRD is providing a €17 million loan package for a mall in Tirana.

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The Transition to Transition Initiative

The EBRD launches the Transition to Transition Initiative, a supportive framework for the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED).

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Financing sustainable energy

A small business in the Western Balkans shows how energy-specific financing can make a huge difference. 

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Supporting Tajik micro businesses with local currency loans

A visit to Café Mirzo in Khujand, Tajikistan, shows how local currency lending can transform small businesses. 

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Crossing into 2012

Belgrade has opened its new, record breaking Ada Bridge - on New Year’s Day. 

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Trenčín - Slovak Republic's green energy capital

EBRD helps Trenčín switch to biomass heating.

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Boost for technology companies

A venture capital investment programme is set to stimulate growth, innovation and employment in the EBRD region.

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Facing the food crisis

A new EBRD initiative to tackle the global food crisis focuses on bringing private sector investments into the whole food value chain.

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Transition Report 2011

New research seeks to explain significant shifts in support for democracy and market economics. 

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Protecting the oceans

An innovative programme to protect marine biodiversity, backed by the EBRD, aims to tackle one of the greatest threats to the health of the world’s oceans – the global spread of invasive species and pathogens in the ballast tanks of international cargo vessels.

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Increasing energy efficiency in Moldovan industry

The EBRD is helping a fruit and vegetable processing plant to reduce its energy costs. 

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Supporting small business entrepreneurs in Tajikistan

We look at the real impact of micro and small credit lines on the day to day business of  a cross section of Dushanbe’s many entrepreneurs.

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Boosting Moldovan agribusiness through energy efficiency

The EBRD is helping Moldova’s largest mushroom farm to be more competitive by cutting energy waste.

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Landmark modernisation

To reflect the importance of commercial links with other countries in the region, we take a look at a recent landmark investment to help modernise FYR Macedonia’s transport system.

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Backing cleaner energy

EBRD investments in Romania highlight our commitment to developing the renewable energy sector.

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Investing in Interglass

The story of Interglass, a manufacturing company that has become crucial to the economic well-being of the Kyrgyz town of Tokmak.

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EBRD investments reach record in first half of 2011

The EBRD continued to set new investment records during the first half of 2011, responding to the strong demand for financing across the 29-country region where we are active.

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Leading Polish oil group goes green

As deadlines loom for the implementation of EU directives on pollution and emissions in Poland, we examine oil-refining company and petrol retailer PKN ORLEN’s substantial environmental and energy efficiency improvement programme.

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Supporting the World Trade Organization's Aid For Trade initiative

Strong trade links are an integral part of the process of economic transition and play a key role in the development of stable and sustainable economies. 

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Citizens of EBRD region show resilience in face of crisis

Life in Transition Survey: our new study reveals the attitudes of citizens in the wake of the economic downturn, in the EBRD region and beyond.

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Making petrol stations greener and safer in Mongolia

The EBRD recently organised a pioneering workshop on environmental health and safety in Mongolia.

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Greening Siberia

Siberian companies understand the importance of energy efficiency to varying degrees. Two EBRD bankers visited three companies to identify potential energy efficiency investments.

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Runway cleared for aviation financing in Russia

The EBRD supported ratification of the Cape Town Treaty paves the way for a revolution in aviation financing in Russia.

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Art from across the Gobi Desert

The EBRD’s London headquarters has been temporarily transformed by a colourful and diverse exhibition of contemporary works by Mongolian and international artists. Their work is inspired by the rich culture and history of Mongolia.

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Money makes the wind farms go round

We report from the Climate Finance panel at the EBRD 2011 Annual Meeting. Moderated by Tae-yong Jung, Deputy Executive Director of the Global Green Growth Institute.

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Appetite for increased agriculture production

A lively panel debate at the EBRD 2011 Annual Meeting entitled The Food Security Challenge united experts from international organisations as well as representatives from the public and private sectors.

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Experts see cracks in China model

Reporting from an EBRD panel discussion where academics and government representatives discussed the balance between state and private sectors, rejecting the idea that China offers the best route to economic growth.

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Kazakhstan's path into the future

The former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski on the end of communism and similarities and differences that former Eastern bloc countries have experienced with transition on their paths towards democracy. 

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Marking a year of the Local Currency Initiative

It’s a year since we launched our initiative to develop local currency and capital markets. We invited central bankers from Kazakhstan, Georgia and Hungary to report on developments in their respective countries.

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A warm welcome

We teamed up with Kazakh power distribution company KEGOC to offset the carbon footprint of our 2011 Annual Meeting and Business Forum. Read how here.

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How many economists does it take to secure the recovery?

A report from the opening debate of the 2011 EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum. The aftermath of the global financial crisis and the lessons to be learned from it remained the central focus.

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Model state shows room for manoeuvre

How can you see the main and many attractions of the vast Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan in a single day? Find out here.

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The Women in Business Panel and Awards

The Women in Business discussion panel and awards ceremony at the 2011 EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum tackled the challenges faced by women and awarded outstanding achievements. 

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Keeping entrepreneurs off the endangered list

A debate at the 2011 EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum looked at the barriers and incentives to business creation and asked, are entrepreneurs a dying breed?

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Call for Action: UN Decade for Road Safety launched

In a bid to reduce the forecast 2020 level of road deaths by 50 per cent, the EBRD joins the UN to launch the Decade for Road Safety 2011-2020.

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The Low Carbon Transition

The green industrial revolution is coming. Our landmark report maps out a low-carbon future for the EBRD region.

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Loan syndication gaining in strength in an uncertain world

Termoelektrarna Šoštanj, Slovenia’s largest power generation plant, demonstrates the new health of loan syndications. We take a look at the new buoyancy in the loan syndications market.

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Eradicating poverty in the field

Through its Tajik Agricultural Finance Framework (TAFF), the EBRD provides a credit line to local banks and microfinance institutions to help farmers fund their seasonal working capital requirements.

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EBRD: learning from crisis, facing new challenges

The EBRD's mandate of promoting the transition to market economy and democracy will inform our response to today's global situation.

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Chernobyl: 25 years on

26 April 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. 

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Agribusiness: Ukraine's vital role

The EBRD was involved in a recent round table event that addressed the opportunities and obstacles Ukraine faces as it looks to consolidate a role as one of the world's key food suppliers

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Upgrading vital road networks

Key routes into the Ukrainian capital Kiev will benefit from an upgrade, thanks to the EBRD’s €450 million sovereign loan facility to Ukravtodor, the State Road Administration of Ukraine.

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New EBRD Director of Communications

BBC journalist Jonathan Charles is joining the EBRD as Director of Communications and will take up his new post in early 2011.

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The Early Transition Countries initiative

The EBRD launched an initiative for the early transition countries (ETCs) in 2004. What has been achieved so far?

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Who will feed the world?

The EBRD's director for Agribusiness argues that urgent reforms are needed to boost agricultural output in Eastern Europe.

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Modernising rail networks

EBRD investments are helping to modernise transport infrastructure in the Balkans.

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EBRD and the global financial crisis

The EBRD's countries of operations have been hit hard by the global financial crisis. The Bank has been pro-active in moving to quickly mitigate the effects of the crisis with an increased level of investment.

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Born in 89 essay competition

We have published a book of essays recording the personal experiences of people growing up in the EBRD region in the years after the Iron Curtain fell.

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Last updated 15 November 2011