A multimedia platform to discuss the largest public lender in the world: the European Investment Bank (EIB)

The Panel

We posed some questions about the EIB's operations in the Global South to people closely following or managing the EU Bank...

Listen to the answers by clicking on the pictures below and post your own questions!

  1. Ivailo Kalfin, European Parliament March 23, 2012
  2. Georgios Altintzis, Ituc March 23, 2012
  3. Bart Staes – European parliament March 23, 2012
  4. Nick Hildyard – The Corner House NGO March 23, 2012
  5. Philippe de Fontaine Vive Curtaz – EIB vice president June 30, 2011
  6. Nuria Molina – European Network on Debt and Development June 29, 2011
  7. Giovanni Collino – member of the European Parliament June 29, 2011
  8. Manana Kochladze – Bankwatch network June 29, 2011
  9. Sarah Bracking – University of Manchester June 28, 2011
  10. Thijs Berman – member of the European Parliament June 20, 2011
  11. Frank Muramuzi – National Association of Professional Environmentalists June 20, 2011

Voices from the South

VIDEO and AUDIO interviews about EIB with Civil Society representatives

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Climate finance in Durban Conference – part 2

by admin on January 22, 2012 in Interviews on Climate Finance

Interviews on the Green Climate Fund with: Francesca Manno (Director of International affairs of the italian Ministry of Economy and Finance) Jessy Griffiths (Coordinator of the Bretton Woods project) Listen the interviews by clicking the player below: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Climate finance in Durban Conference – part 1

by admin on January 22, 2012 in Interviews on Climate Finance

Audio interview about Carbon trading and Kyoto protocol with: Joanna Cabello (Carbon Trade Watch) Andreas Arvanitakis (Point carbon) Associated Director Listen the interviews by clicking the player below: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Savior Mwambwa: “The EIB doesn’t understand Africa’s development problems”

by admin on July 15, 2011 in Video

Savior Mwambwa, director of the Zambian NGO Center for Trade and Development Policies (CTPD), thinks the EIB should move away from Africa. Instead the EU could channel its development money through other institutions which are better suited to bring development in Africa.

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Filomeno Sta Ana: “Local ownership is key”

by admin on July 9, 2011 in Video

Investment banks like the EIB can play a role in the South were there is a lack of capital. But these investments have to happen under certain conditions and with respect to the local context says Filomeno Sta Ana from the Action for Economic Reforms, Philippines

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Maria José Romero: “Es necesario que el dinero que se canaliza atravès del Banco en América Latina tenga un mayor contròl de lo que actualmente està teniendo”

by admin on July 8, 2011 in Video

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Lidy Nacpil: “The EIB should stop lending to the South”

by admin on July 8, 2011 in Video

The EIB’s involvement mainly serves EU interests and not those of the people in the South according to Lindy Nacpil, International Coordinator of Jubilee South, a network of anti-debt coalitions in more than 60 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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