Source: Celeste Hicks, The Guardian

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development faces some tough calls as it tries to revive Egypt's economic fortunes.

Source: Loubna Flah, Morocco World News

Faced with a lack of opportunities and disempowerment in their societies, women’s journey towards self-assertion is more effort consuming.

Source: Nicola Hunt, blue & green tomorrow

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revealed plans to invest €6.5 billion in cutting carbon emissions, just days after a report by Bankwatch suggested that the EBRD’s investment strategy was undermining its sustainability strategy.

Source: Elaine Zuckerman, Huffington Post

Although delayed, the TransCanada Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is almost a go despite community resistance from the Canadian border to Texas refineries. Politics will determine when the pipeline will launch. Proponents argue that the pipeline will reduce U.S. dependence on Middle East oil. Opponents raise environmental concerns. But the discourse, dominated by national security, jobs, and pollution, mostly ignores oil extraction and pipeline impacts on women

Source: Nick Clark, The Guardian

I wonder if David Cameron spent any time in eastern Europe in the 1990s.

Source: , al-Ahram

Euro development bank says promoting democratic freedoms is its main goal after it agrees 1 billion euro fund for Egypt and other Arab nations.

Source: Carolyn Cohn, Reuters

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's president-elect said the bank's role in promoting democracy through its investments would be a central focus for his term, as the EBRD agreed a 1 billion euro fund for North Africa.