The European Investment Bank and its relationship to IIRSA

Friends of the Earth International, November 2006: This article analyzes the role the European Investment Bank (EIB) is beginning to play within the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA). First we present a brief summary describing IIRSA and the European Bank, then we investigate how the IIRSA and the EIB are related, and lastly we analyze the support the European Parliament is giving to these types of initiatives through the European Parliament Resolution about Strengthening the Relationship between the European Union and Latin America.

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