With a trade-free area planned for the Mediterranean region for 2010, the EIB is committed to facilitating the modernisation of local economies and sustainable growth under the Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership - FEMIP. Lending in the private sector plays an integral...

This paper investigates the emerging global landscape for public-private co-investments in infrastructure. The creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and other so-called 'infrastructure investment platforms' are an attempt to tap into the pool of both public and private long-term...

The formal private sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies needs to play a critical role for the overall economic transformation of the region. Creating a conducive environment for private sector development depends on a sound understanding of the performance of private...