European Investment Bank in Africa

Official Documents

• Official European Investment Bank website (EIB website)
• Official EIB list of projects under consideration (EIB website)
• EIB Transparency Policy (EIB website)
• The EU-Africa Partnership for Infrastructure page (EU website)
• The NEPAD Infrastructure Short-Term Action Plan (STAP) (NEPAD website)
• European Union Strategy for Africa (EU website)

Civil society analysis

• Public Funds for Public Benefit: Basic facts about the EIB, CEE Bankwatch et al (Bankwatch website) (Acrobat PDF 425 KB)

• Public Funds for Public Benefit: EIB and the Environment, CEE Bankwatch et al (Bankwatch website) (Acrobat PDF 290 KB)

• EIB Extractive and Energy Projects in Africa Spreadsheet, updated December 21, 2006 (Microsoft Excel 39 KB) (BIC website)

• EIB Projects database, a civil society initiative by CEE Bankwatch, Friends of the Earth, and Campaign to Reform the World Bank (EIB website)
• The EIB in the South: In whose interest? A report from CEE Bankwatch, Friends of the Earth, and Campaign to Reform the World Bank (Acrobat pdf 1.28 MB) (CEE Bankwatch website)
• CEE Bankwatch Network page on the EIB (CEE Bankwatch website)
• Friends of the Earth International page on the EIB (FoE website)
• European Investment Bank in Africa (UN Industrial Development Organization website)

Press

• EIB 'losing out to Chinese banks' by Andrew Bounds and Sarah Laitner, Financial Times, February 8, 2007 (FT website)
• EIB seeks talks on China’s Africa lending spree by Marcin Grajewski, Reuters, February 8, 2007 (Reuters website)
• Press Release: Some unfortunate facts behind the numbers by CEE Bankwatch et al, February 7, 2007 (Bankwatch website)
• EIB accuses Chinese banks of undercutting Africa loans by George Parker and Alan Beattie, Financial Times, November 29, 2006 (FT website)
• 'Chinese loans to Africa dangerous' - EU Bank, Business in Africa, November 29, 2006 (Business in Africa website)
• EU clears European Investment Bank to loan €27.8 billion until 2013, International Herald Tribune, November 28, 2006 (IHT website)
• A no trust fund for Africa by Stefania Bianchi, IPS News, February 9, 2006 (IPS website)
• European firms profit in the name of the South by Peter Dhondt, IPS News, February 8, 2006 (IPS website)
• EU house bank in no fit state to deliver for Africa, warn NGOs, A press release from CEE Bankwatch, January 19, 2006 (Bankwatch website)