The EBRD's Small Business Support Programme (SBS) has been providing services since the mid-1990s. Following the EBRD's 2010 Capital Resource Review 4, SBS formed a strategic plan for 2011 to 2015 intended to sharpen its strategic focus and simultaneously integrate more fully with…
Findings of an evaluation by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's independent evaluation department (EvD) of the Bank's resident office (RO) or field presence system.
This evaluation assesses the functioning of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), implemented by the EIB Group. EFSI is one of the three pillars of the Investment Plan for Europe (IPE), which aims to reduce investment gaps in the EU. This evaluation, taking place at EFSI's…
The current Activity Report is the first to be published for the evaluation function at the EIB. This represents an important step forward towards increased transparency and accountability. It also aligns EIB's practice with that of other similar organisations.
This evaluation reviews several EBRD operations to support bank stability in south-eastern Europe and to place capital in the real economy. It looks at the extent to which the operations contributed to systemic bank stability in south-eastern Europe, what signal the intervention sent to the…