EBRD sets rapid pace of investment in response to crisis

The EBRD is setting a rapid pace of investment, responding to the impact of the global financial crisis on eastern Europe at its 15-16 May Annual meeting.

Investments signed around the Annual Meeting covered the whole range of industries where the EBRD is active, including the financial, the corporate and the energy and infrastructure sectors.

By the end of the Annual Meeting commitments reached around €2.3 billion, up by more than 50% from the same period in 2008.

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