Panama Canal engineer’s pink hard-hat is feminist statement

Liberia microfinance: Small bank overcomes Ebola’s effects

Access Bank Liberia kept on lending to microfinance clients despite deadly epidemic

EIB impact: The story of a simple answer on GDP and jobs

A sophisticated economic model gives a simple…

Cyprus SMEs: The little village and the big bank

Like many villages in Cyprus, Agros gets a vital lifeline for family businesses hurt by the island’s banking crisis

Women’s microfinance: Culture change in Jordan

Microfund empowers Jordanian women

Urban Agenda for the EU: Priority themes checklist

The Urban Agenda for the EU sets out priorities for urban development

Sustainable Urban Development: Take the Quito Metro

The EIB is the EU bank. But it finances urban development outside the EU too, like the Quito Metro. Follow the map of the line under construction in…

Climate finance: Three strategies to cut the risk

By sharing risk the EIB draws private money to climate finance projects alongside public funds

Energy integration: Infrastructure to boost Europe’s economy

Energy integration through big…

Antwerp’s new sea-lock unlocks the docks

Kieldrecht boosts the Flanders economy

Finance for innovative Mediterranean diet technology

Creta Farms injects olive oil into its meat and gets a cash injection from the Investment Plan for Europe

Water security: So the economy doesn’t dry up

Water gets more recognition as an economic issue

Ukraine rail tunnel reflects boost in EU ties

Ukraine rail tunnel was the first of EUR 3bn wave of EU finance for Ukraine

Innovative power plant: Heat and light with less CO2

Kiel’s planned power plant keeps the heat on, even when you turn out the lights — and cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 70 percent

Energy security: More than geopolitics

Energy security gets a broader treatment at the EIB